Tetraophasis

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Tetraophasis
Tetraophasis obscurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Lophophorini
Genus: Tetraophasis
Elliot, 1871
Type species
Perdix obscurus

Tetraophasis is a genus of Galliformes in the family Phasianidae, which includes chickens, pheasants, partridges, grouse, turkeys, quail, and peafowl. It contains the following species:[1]

The name Tetraophasis is a combination of the genus name Tetrao (the name

owls and yellow-throated martens. Like monals, monal-partridges are strictly monogamous. The female incubates the eggs until the last 48 hours when the male may take over night time nest brooding. This is a habit documented in blood pheasants
, tragopans and monals. Both sexes rear the chicks, which are not fully mature until their second year. Unlike monals the sexes do not separate during winter. Monal-partridges are strong fliers. They evidently compete with
koklass
as the two are rarely to be heard or seen in the same valleys.

References

  1. ^ "ITIS Report: Tetraophasis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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