Taiwan bamboo partridge

Taiwan bamboo partridge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Bambusicola
Species:
B. sonorivox
Binomial name
Bambusicola sonorivox
Gould, 1863

The Taiwan bamboo partridge (Bambusicola sonorivox) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chinese bamboo partridge.[2]

It has several onomatopoeic names known among Taiwanese indigenous peoples: tkurih (Seediq and Truku),[3][4] tikulhat (Thao), tikulas (Bunun), tjikulai (Paiwan),[5] and tikolac (Amis).[6]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Bambusicola sonorivox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725205A94887202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725205A94887202.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species delimitation in the Chinese bamboo partridge Bambusicola thoracica (Phasianidae; Aves). Chih-Ming Hung et al., Zoologica Scripta Vol. 43, Issue 6, p. 562–575, November 2014, doi:10.1111/zsc.12071
  3. ^ 原住民族語言研究發展基金會. "tkurih". 原住民族語言線上詞典 (in Taroko and Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ^ 原住民族語言研究發展基金會. "tkurih". 原住民族語言線上詞典 (in Taroko and Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  5. ^ 周明傑 (2007). "力與美的交織－五個部落的排灣族勇士舞研究". In 行政院原住民族委員會 (ed.). 2007全國原住民族研究論文集 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 行政院原住民族委員會. pp. (1-8-)1-(1-8-)27.
  6. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010). "*tikuRas: a bird, the Formosan bamboo partridge". Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 8 November 2022.