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Xenoperdix obscurata
Fjeldså & Kiure, 2003
Current name: Xenoperdix obscurata
Holotype: ZMUC 93.215		 Original description
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A new population of the Udzungwa
Forest Partridge		 Additional information
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Genetic and morphological evidence for two species in the Udzungwa Forest Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis

Additional information


Xenoperdix obscurata was initially described as a subspecies of the Udzungwa forest partridge but is now suggested to represent a full species. It is known only from Chugu Hill in the northern Rubeho Mountains.
Type locality - click the marker for additional information
Estimated African distribution:
The Copenhagen databases of African vertebrates: Xenoperdix obscurata
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