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Alectoris (partridge)
Taxonomy
Alectoris was named by Kaup (1829). It is extant.
It was assigned to Phasianinae by Brodkorb (1967); to Perdicinae by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Phasianinae by Brodkorb (1967); to Perdicinae by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Alectoris Kaup |
| 1967 | Alectoris Brodkorb p. 112 |
| 1997 | Chauvireria Boev |
| 2002 | Alectoris Mlikovsky p. 158 |
| 2006 | Alectoris Crowe et al. p. 527 |
| 2013 | Alectoris Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Alectoris Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Alectoris Kaup 1829 [partridge]
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†Alectoris baryosefi Tchernov 1980
†Alectoris bavarica Ballman 1966
Alectoris chukar Gray 1830 [chukar]
Alectoris graeca Meisner 1804 [rock partridge]
Alectoris graeca saxatilis Bechstein 1805
†Alectoris prisca Milne-Edwards 1871
Alectoris rufa Linnaeus 1758 [red-legged partridge]
Invalid names: Chauvireria Boev 1997 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Alectoris sp., Alectoris graeca (183123) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | Alectoris sp. (197789 197790) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Caccabis rufa, Caccabis saxatilis (191730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Guadelejara) | Alectoris rufa (191878) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Alectoris graeca (194931 194932) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Alectoris graeca (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Alectoris sp. 1, Alectoris sp., Alectoris rufa, Alectoris graeca (197938) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Alectoris chukar (194807) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Alectoris rufa (197768) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Argolida) | Alectoris sp. (182709) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Alectoris graeca (184243) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Alectoris rufa (194935 194936) | |
| Holocene | France | Alectoris rufa (195041) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Sicily) | Alectoris graeca (175523) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Alectoris chukar (194809) |