Xenoperdix

Taxobox
name = "Xenoperdix"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Phasianidae
genus = "Xenoperdix"
genus_authority = Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldså, 1994
type_species = Udzungwa Forest-partridge, "Xenoperdix udzungwensis"
type_species_authority = Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldså, 1994The genus "Xenoperdix" ("strange partridge"), described only in 1994, consist of two species of African partridges that are most closely related to Southeast Asian Hill Partridges.

They have boldly barred plumaged and a red bill. "Xenoperdix" are found only in forests of Udzungwa Mountains and the Rubeho Highlands of Tanzania. Previously believed to be monotypic, the Rubeho population was recognized as a distinct species following a review of its molecular and morphological characteristics (Bowie & Fjeldså, 2005).

pecies

* Rubeho Forest-partridge, "Xenoperdix obscurata"
* Udzungwa Forest-partridge, "Xenoperdix udzungwensis"

References

* 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. [http://www.naturekenya.org/Downloads/jldownloads/JEANH_94_1_Bowie.pdf PDF fulltext]