Thursday, May 23, 2024

SCALY-BREASTED PARTRIDGE

 

Photographed at Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, May 2024.

1351            SCALY-BREASTED PARTRIDGE                 Tropicoperdix chloropus

VIETNAM               22 

The green-legged partridge (Tropicoperdix chloropus), 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.





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