Red-billed partridge

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Red-billed partridge
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A. rubrirostris in Jambi, Indonesia

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Arborophila
Species:
A. rubrirostris
Binomial name
Arborophila rubrirostris
(Salvadori, 1879)

The red-billed partridge (Arborophila rubrirostris) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to the Basiran highland forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is the only member of the genus Arborophila where the bill is completely red (others have either a yellow-tipped red bill or a black bill).

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Arborophila rubrirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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