LC
Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2024 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988 Near Threatened
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 657,000 km2
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend decreasing - - -
Generation length 6.06 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally not uncommon. It is considered generally uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 1994), and very rare and local in India (Grimmett et al. 1998), but it is thought to remain widespread in the Chinese part of its range (Bowei Zhu et al. 2020). The population in eastern Tibet is estimated as 25,000-40,000 individuals (Madge and McGowan 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 1.5% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
China (mainland) extant native yes
India extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
China (mainland) Baima Xueshan Nature Reserve
China (mainland) Yulong Xueshan Nature Reserve

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Forest Temperate suitable resident
Grassland Temperate suitable resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) suitable resident
Shrubland Temperate suitable resident
Altitude 3300 - 4800 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/buff-throated-partridge-tetraophasis-szechenyii on 06/12/2024.
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 06/12/2024.