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Black partridge
(Black wood-partridge)
Melanoperdix nigra
(Syn.: Melanoperdix niger)
(VIGORS, 1829)


Photo by: K. Rudloff (zeigt Hahn)
Additional images here: www.biolib.cz

Number of Subspecies:02
Information Source for Taxonomy:del Hoyo & Collar (2014) Illustrated Checklist of the Birds ot the World, Vol. 1, Non-passerines
 
Tail length:7 cm
Body length:24 - 27 cm
Weight:280 - 300 g
IUCN status:VU (Vulnerable)
 


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Asia
  India (1 Holding(s)):
 
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  • Delhi (National Zoological Park) 
    Holding(s): 1