Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini] (Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis])

Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis]

Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini] (= Tropicoperdix chloropus) Blyth, E 1859

The green-legged partridge, also known as the scaly-breasted partridge or green-legged hill-partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in forest in Indochina, ranging slightly into southernmost China (Yunnan). The Vietnam partridge is now usually considered a subspecies. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Tropicoperdix
Scientific:
  Tropicoperdix chloropus

Original description

Citation:
Blyth, E 1859

Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 28, no.4 p.415

Protonym:
Tropicoperdix chloropus

Type locality:
Mountainous interior of Tenasserim =Muleyit.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124450#page/427/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
21008A515ECCD5BF

Avibase ID:
avibase-21008A51

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/21008A51

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176028

Geographic range:

Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini]: widespread across Indochina, across most of Thailand, except the Peninsula, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, as well as in northern, central, and southern Myanmar, and locally into southwest China, in Yunnan
Tropicoperdix chloropus chloropus: far southwestern China (Yunnan) to Myanmar and western Thailand
Tropicoperdix chloropus peninsularis: southwestern Thailand
Tropicoperdix chloropus olivacea: Laos and Cambodia
Tropicoperdix chloropus cognacqi: southern Vietnam
Tropicoperdix chloropus tonkinensis: northern Vietnam
Tropicoperdix merlini merlini: interior of central Vietnam
Tropicoperdix merlini vivida: coastal hills of central Vietnam
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis]
French:
Torquéole des bois ou T. de Merlin

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Arborophila [chloropus or merlini, incl. tonkinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Arborophila [chloropus or merlini, incl. tonkinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Arborophila [chloropus or merlini, incl. tonkinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Arborophila [chloropus or merlini, incl. tonkinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Arborophila [chloropus or merlini, incl. tonkinensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Scaly-breasted or Annam Partridge [incl. tonkinensis] ( Tropicoperdix [chloropus or merlini, incl. tonkinensis])
Clements, version 2021: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 3]
eBird version 2021: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 3]
eBird version 2022: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 3]
eBird version 2023: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 3]
eBird version 2024: Scaly-breasted Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Arborophila chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Green-legged Partridge ( Tropicoperdix chloropus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Arborophila chloropus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Tropicoperdix [charltonii, graydoni, chloropus or merlini]

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