Arborophila torqueola torqueola (Common Hill Partridge)

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Common Names in Dutch:

Boskwartel

Common Names in English:

Common Hill Partridge, Common Hill-Partridge, Hill Partridge

Common Names in French:

Torquéole à Collier

Common Names in German:

Hügelhuhn

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Galloanserimorphae () - Sibley et al., 1988
        Order: Galliformes () - Temminck, 1820
        Suborder: Phasiani () - Vigors, 1825
        Parvorder: Phasianida ()
        Superfamily: Phasianoidea () - Vigors, 1825
        Family: Phasianidae () - Vigors, 1825
        Subfamily: Perdicinae ()
        Genus: Arborophila () - Hodgson, 1837
        Specific name: torqueola
        Subspecies: torqueola
        Scientific name: - Arborophila torqueola torqueola (Valenciennes) 1825 (Valenciennes) 1825 Dict.Sci.Nat. 38 p.435

Arborophila torqueola (Valenciennes

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Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.