Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Stone Partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus) - HBW 2, p. 522
French: Poulette de roche
German: Felsenhenne
Spanish: Gallinita Roquera
Taxonomy: Tetrao petrosus Gmelin, 1789, Gambia.
Proposed races saturatior, butleri, brehmi, emini and florentiae included within nominate petrosus. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- petrosus (Gmelin, 1789) - Senegal E to Kenya.
- major Neumann, 1908 - NW Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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3 birds together eating Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp petrosus)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2011 1 year ago 39 sec 4.2 -
A group walking past, in response to playback. It is followed by a short clip where the birds are vocally responding. Locality Bijilo Forest Park, Bijilo, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp petrosus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 2.8
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On the sandy road
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
Krzysztof Blachowiak 12 February 2012 45 weeks ago 3.9 -
family group
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp petrosus)
Nik Borrow 7 April 2008 4 years ago 3.3 -
A bird at dusk.
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (ssp petrosus)
Arthur Grosset 3 June 2011 1 year ago 2.8
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A group calling. Locality Kédougou Region, Senegal
(ssp petrosus)
herve jacob 31 January 2010 3 years ago 4.5
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