Ptilopachus is an African genus of birds in the New World quail family.
| Ptilopachus | |
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| Stone partridge | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Ptilopachinae Bowie, Coehn & Crowe 2013 |
| Genus: | Ptilopachus Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Ptilopachus erythrorhynchus[1] = Tetrao petrosus Swainson, 1837
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| Species | |
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Stone partridge (P. petrosus) | |
Taxonomy
editThe genus Ptilopachus was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William John Swainson to accommodate a single species, the stone partridge, which is therefore the type species.[2][3] The genus name is from Ancient Greek ptilon meaning "feather" with pakhus meaning "thick" or "dense".[4]
As traditionally defined, only the stone partridge was included in this genus, but based on genetic evidence, it now also includes Nahan's partridge (formerly considered a francolin). The study also concludes that this genus is more closely related to the New World quails (Odontophoridae) and might be considered their only African representative.[5][6][7]
| Image | Genus | Common Name | Distribution |
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P. petrosus Gmelin, 1789 | Stone partridge | Kenya and Ethiopia to Gambia |
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P. nahani (Dubois, AJC, 1905) | Nahan's partridge | northeastern DR Congo and western Uganda |
Description
editAt about 25 cm (9.8 in) in length, both are relatively small, terrestrial birds with a red eye-ring, base of the bill, and legs, and brownish upperparts.[8]
See also
edit- Donacobius, the only American species of an otherwise Old World bird lineage
References
edit- ^ "Odontophoridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. Vol. 2. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor. p. 344.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 104.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 323. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Bloomer, P.; Mandiwana, T.G.; Hedderson, T.A.J.; Randi, E.; Pereira, S.L.; Wakeling, J. (2006). "Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data". Cladistics. 22 (6): 495–532. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00120.x. hdl:2263/14099. PMID 34892896.
- ^ Cohen, C.; Wakeling, J.L.; Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.; Sande, E.; Dranzoa, C.; Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). "Phylogenetic affinities of evolutionarily enigmatic African galliforms: the Stone partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Nahan's francolin Francolinus nahani, and support for their sister relationship with New World quails". Ibis. 154 (4): 768–780. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01269.x.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Megapodes, guans, guineafowl, New World quail". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ McGowan, P. J. K. (1994). Francolins (genus Francolinus). Pp. 489–504 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J. eds. (1994). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-15-6
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