Udzungwa forest partridge
| Udzungwa forest partridge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Xenoperdix |
| Species: | X. udzungwensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenoperdix udzungwensis Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldså, 1994
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The Udzungwa forest partridge (Xenoperdix udzungwensis), also known as the Udzungwa partridge, is a small, approximately 29 centimetres (11 in) long, boldly barred, brownish partridge with rufous face, grey underparts, olive-brown crown and upperparts. It has a red bill, brown iris and yellow legs. Both sexes are similar.
Discovered only in 1991, this bird was first noticed as a pair of strange feet in a cooking pot in a Tanzanian forest camp. It inhabits and is
endemic to forests of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. A second population from the Rubeho Mountains, the Rubeho forest partridge, was initially believed to be a well-marked subspecies, but is now recognized to be specifically distinct.[2] The diet consists mainly of beetles, ants
and seeds.
Due to ongoing
Endangered on the IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Bowie, Rauri C.K. & Fjeldså, Jon (2005): Genetic and morphological evidence for two species in the Udzungwa forest partridge. Journal of East African Natural History 94(1): 191–201. PDF fulltext Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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