Swamp francolin | |
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In Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Ortygornis |
Species: | O. gularis
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Binomial name | |
Ortygornis gularis (Temminck, 1815)
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Synonyms | |
Francolinus gularis |
The swamp francolin (Ortygornis gularis), also called swamp partridge, is a francolin species native to the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India and Nepal. It is considered extinct in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.[1]