Tetraophasis
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Tetraophasis is a genus of bird
in the Phasianidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Phasianidae
Phasianidae
The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Verreaux's Monal-Partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)
- Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)