Chinese grouse

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Chinese grouse

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetrastes
Species:
T. sewerzowi
Binomial name
Tetrastes sewerzowi
Przewalski
, 1876
Synonyms[2]
  • Bonasa sewerzowi

The Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi), also known as Severtzov's grouse or the black-breasted hazel grouse,[2] is a grouse species closely related to the hazel grouse.

It is a sedentary bird which inhabits conifer-rich mixed montane forests of central China. The bird is very similar in appearance to the hazel grouse apart from less of a white stripe on the head and neck.

The bird is named after a

Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov.[3]

Chinese grouse is legally an endangered species in China, in the area in which its most centrally located.[4] The population has been declining over the years and is still showing this decrease in numbers. The Chinese grouse has around 10,000 birds currently according to the Nordic Board for Wildlife Research.[5] The main cause of this decline is due to habitat loss by deforestation. There are many forestry practices, habitat fragmentation, and decrease in area of coniferous forests that contribute to the reasons this species is in decline.[4] Current efforts are being made in China to stop such a dramatic decline in the species such as halted logging of the forests.[5]

The complete

mitochondrial genome of this species was published in July 2014.[6]

Taxonomy

The black-breasted hazel grouse has two recognized subspecies:[7]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22679497A119421341.en
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  2. ^ a b "Bonasa sewerzowi". Avibase.
  3. ISBN 978-0198661962
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    doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00187-8
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    S2CID 19449634
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  6. ^ Li, Xue-Juan, Yuan Huang, and Fu-min Lei. 2014. Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Bonasa sewerzowi (Galliformes: Phasianidae) and phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Systematics, 39(3): 359–371, DOI: 10.11865/zs20140302
  7. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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