Snow Partridge

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Snow Partridge

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Lerwa
Hodgson, 1837
Species: L. lerwa
Binomial name
Lerwa lerwa
(Hodgson, 1833)

The Snow Partridge (Lerwa lerwa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is a large spurred partridge found in the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and China. It measures 38-40 cm in length. Females weigh 450–580 g; males, 550–700 g.

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