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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Galloanserae |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Pavoninae |
| Tribe: | Gallini |
| Genus: | Bambusicola Gould, 1863 |
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Bambusicola is a genus of bird in the Phasianidae family.
It contains the following species:
- Mountain Bamboo-Partridge, Bambusicola fytchii
- Chinese Bamboo-Partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus
- Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge, Bambusicola sonorivox
Fossil remains of a bamboo partridge have been found in Late Miocene rocks in China. Thus, like many other phasianid genera the Bambusicola lineage dates back more than 5 million years.
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