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The '''Blood pheasant''' (''Ithaginis cruentus''), also known as '''Blood partridge''', is the [[Monotypic taxon|only species]] in [[genus]] '''''Ithaginis''''' of the [[pheasant]] family. It is a small, short-[[tail]]ed [[pheasant]]. It fairly common in the eastern [[Himalayas]]. Its [[range (biology)|range]] is across the [[north]]ern parts of [[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bhutan]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The total number of [[bird]]s is slowly [[Wikt:decreasing|decreasing]]. For this reason the [[species]] has been [[Wikt:evaluated|evaluated]] as [[Least Concern]] by [[IUCN]] in 2009.<ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN|id=22679144 |title=''Ithaginis cruentus'' |assessors=[[BirdLife International]] |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> It is the [[National birds|national bird]] of the former [[kingdom]] of [[Sikkim]]. The blood pheasant is the only species in the [[genus]] ''Ithaginis'' of the [[pheasant]] family. | |||
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