Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Chinese Francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus) - HBW 2, p. 489
French: Francolin perlé
German: Perlfrankolin
Spanish: Francolín Chino
Taxonomy: Tetrao Pintadeanus Scopoli, 1786, China.
F. francolinus, F. pictus and F. pintadeanus form a closely related species group. Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus retains only F. francolinus, F. pondicerianus, F. gularis, F. pictus and present species in Francolinus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- phayrei (Blyth, 1843) - NE India (Manipur) E through Burma to Vietnam and Kampuchea.
- pintadeanus (Scopoli, 1786) - SE China E from Yunnan through Guangxi, Hainan I and Guangdong to Zhejiang.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Calling male, perched in bush, on a misty morning in poor light Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp phayrei)
mark sutton 15 February 2011 2 years ago 20 sec 3
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Frontal view of a male
Locality Pata Zoo, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp phayrei)
Johannes Pfleiderer 18 January 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
a female on a grassy embankment
Locality Mae Hia, Chiang Mai Province, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp phayrei)
Peter Waanders 9 March 2008 3 years ago 3 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 1994 20 weeks ago 2.8 -
Captive male, kept in horrible conditions.
Locality Pata Zoo, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp phayrei)
Pierre de Chabannes 1 January 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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Calls of one bird responding other birds on the background. Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp phayrei)
Josep del Hoyo 7 March 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
calling Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp phayrei)
Niels Poul Dreyer 6 January 2010 3 years ago 4
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