Chestnut-bellied partridge

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.

Chestnut-bellied partridge
At San Diego Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Arborophila
Species:
A. javanica
Binomial name
Arborophila javanica
(Gmelin, 1789)

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
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Arborophila javanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679044A92800662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679044A92800662.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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