Buff-throated Monal-Partridge

Tetraophasis szechenyii Madarász, G, 1885

Buff-throated Monal-Partridge, Tetraophasis szechenyii, is a galliform in the pheasant family that breeds in the Himalayas. It lives in the high mountains of western China, including southeastern Tibet, southern Qinghai, western Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan. The bird is a medium-sized partridge with a distinctive orange eye ring, a pale gold throat patch and a crest that it can raise at times. Its upper chest is grey, and the belly is marked with orange and grey speckling. It was described by Madarász in 1885.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies

Breeding range

Palearctic: Himalayas