Melanoperdix nigra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Perdicinae
Genus: Melanoperdix
Species: Melanoperdix nigra
Subspecies M. n. borneensis - M. n. nigra
Name

Melanoperdix nigra (Vigors, 1829)
Synonymy

Cryptonyx niger (protonym)

References

The Zoological journal p.349
IUCN: Melanoperdix nigra (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names
العربية: حجل أسود
български: Черна яребица
brezhoneg: Klujar zu
català: Perdiu negra
čeština: Koroptev černá
Cymraeg: Petrisen ddu
dansk: Sort skovvagtel
Deutsch: Schwarzwachtel
English: Black Partridge
Esperanto: Nigra perdriko
فارسی: کبک سیاه
français: Perdrix noire
עברית: חוגלה שחורה
magyar: Fekete erdeifogoly
Bahasa Melayu: Burung Siul Bertam
Nederlands: Zwarte bospatrijs
русский: Чёрная куропатка
slovenčina: Kurička čierna
svenska: Svart skogshöna
中文: 黑鶉

The black partridge (Melanoperdix niger), also known as the black wood partridge, is a small (up to 27 cm long) partridge with a thick bill, grey legs and dark brown iris. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Melanoperdix.

The black partridge is sexually dimorphic. The male has entirely glossy black plumage and a black bill, while the female is generally a chestnut-brown bird with a whitish throat and belly and a dark horn-colored bill. The female is smaller than the male.

The black partridge occurs in lowland rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra in southeast Asia. It was formerly found but is long extinct on Singapore. The female usually lays five to six white eggs.

Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and overhunting in some areas, the black partridge is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix III of CITES in Malaysia.
Subspecies

The black partridge has two recognized subspecies:[2]

M. n. borneensis (Rothschild, 1917)
M. n. niger (Vigors, 1829)

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Melanoperdix niger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678934A92794900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678934A92794900.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
"IOC World Bird List 13.1". IOC World Bird List. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1.