Chestnut-bellied partridge
Chestnut-bellied partridge | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Arborophila |
Species: | A. javanica
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Binomial name | |
Arborophila javanica (Gmelin, 1789)
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The chestnut-bellied partridge (Arborophila javanica) also known as chestnut-bellied hill-partridge or Javan hill-partridge is a small, up to 28 cm long, partridge with a rufous crown and nape, red legs, grey breast, brown wings, red facial skin, and a black mask, throat and bill. It has a rufous belly with white on the middle. Both sexes are similar. The young has whitish face and reddish brown bill.
An Indonesian endemic, the chestnut-bellied partridge is distributed to hill and mountain forests of west and east Java. The female lays up to four eggs in a domed nest of long grasses, built by the male.
A common species in its limited range, the chestnut-bellied partridge is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Arborophila javanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links[]
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Arborophila
- Birds of Java
- Birds described in 1789
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin