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Perdix

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Perdix is a genus of Galliform gamebirds known collectively as the 'true partridges'. These birds are unrelated to the subtropical species that have been named after the partridge due to similar size and morphology.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdix, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2473953	https://www.gbif.org/species/2473953
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	365987	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=365987

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : Perdix

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Galliformes	Temminck 1820
family	Phasianidae	Horsfield 1821
genus	Perdix	Brisson 1760

Common Name

partridge

Scientific Name

Perdix Brisson, 1760

Name Published In

Brisson, M. J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés. A laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms qu'ils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. Bauche, Paris. Vol. Tome 1: j-xxiv , 1-526, j-lxxiij , Pl. I-XXXVII.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Perdix	genus	belongs to Perdicinae	stated with evidence	Crowe et al., 2006
Perdix	genus	belongs to Phasianidae	stated with evidence	Wang et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Phasianidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

granivore (based on Phasianidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. M. Crowe, R. C. K. Bowie, and P. Bloomer, T. G. Mandiwana, T. A. J. Hedderson, E. Randi, S. L. Pereira, J. Wakeling. 2006. Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data. Cladistics 22:495-532

Common Name(s)

Partridge, Gray Partridges

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdix

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Perdix dauurica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix fusca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix galliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix hardwickii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix hilgerti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix hodgsoniae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix melanothorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix novae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix orientalls species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix palaeoperdix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	1.81 Ma Pleistocene
Perdix perdix species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Grey Partridge	20	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Perdix rubricollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix rufina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perdix sphenura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Perdrix Brünnich, 1772	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : *Perdrix*
Colinus Lesson, 1828	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : *Colinus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1760	Perdix Brisson
2006	Perdix Crowe et al. p. 527
2013	Perdix Wang et al.
2017	Perdix Clements et al.

References

Crowe T. M., Bowie R. C. K., et al (2006) Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data, Cladistics 22, 495-532

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Baryseva,A. F. (1939) Parasitofauna seroi kuropatki (Perdix perdix) - via Phthiraptera.info

Orn., 1, 26 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Vrazic,O. (1957) Parasites of common partridge, Perdix perdix Lin. of P. R. Croatia - via Phthiraptera.info

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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