Translingual

Alectoris rufa

Proper noun

Alectoris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – the partridges.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Perdicinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alectoris magna, Alectoris melanocephala, Alectoris philbyi - species

See also

• Alectoris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alectoris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276