Black Partridge (Melanoperdix niger) - BirdLife species factsheet

Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger

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References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Castelletta, M., Sodhi, N.S., Subaraj, R. 2000. Heavy extinctions of forest avifauna in Singapore: lessons for biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology 14: 1870–1880.

Eaton, J. A., van Balen, B., Brickle, N. W. & Rheindt, F. E. 2016. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago. Greater Sundas and Wallacea. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Available at: https://ebird.org/home.

GBIF. 2021. GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Available at: https://www.gbif.org/.

Global Forest Watch. 2021. Interactive Forest Change Mapping Tool. Available at: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/.

Harris, N. L., Goldman, E. D. & Gibbes, S. 2019. Spatial Database of Planted Trees Version 1.0. Technical Note. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Keane, A.M.; Carroll, J. P.; Fuller, R. A.; McGowan, P.J. K. in press. Partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks, guineafowl and turkeys: status survey and conservation action plan 2005-2009. IUCN and WPA, Gland, Switzerland.

McGowan, P.J.K. and Kirwan, G.M. 2020. Black Partridge (Melanoperdix niger), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Ithaca, New York. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blapar2.01 Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blapar2.01.

Petersen, R., D. Aksenov, E. Goldman, S. Sargent, N. Harris, A. Manisha, E. Esipova, V. Shevade & Loboda, T. 2016. Mapping Tree Plantations with Multispectral Imagery: Preliminary Results for Seven Tropical Countries. Technical Note. World Resources Institute., Washington, DC.

van Balen, B., Fischer, J.H. 2016. The little-known, confusing calls of Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger. BirdingASIA 25: 77-79.

Further resources

IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-partridge-melanoperdix-niger on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.