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 NT    White-necklaced Partridge* Id (Atlas):
    Arborophila gingica

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Collared Partridge, White-necklaced Partridge, White-necklaced Hill-Partridge, Rickett's Hill-Partridge, Fokien Hill-Partridge, Rickett's Partridge, Collared Hill-Partridge

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
25 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Broadleaf, mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest, bamboo and scrub. From 500 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland) (B).

South-eastern China, from south-western Zhejiang south to Guangdong and eastern Guangxi.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat loss and fragmentation due to agricultural conversion and logging, hunting for food and market trading, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Territorial call is a far-carrying series of plaintive, two-note whistles, repeated regularly, often in duet.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
White-necklaced Partridge (Arborophila gingica) [XC860480]
     by id from Fuzhou, Fujian, China (call)

 
White-necklaced Partridge (Arborophila gingica) [XC499503]
     by Zhou Zhe \u5468\u54f2 from Emei Feng summit, China (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • gingica (Gmelin, 1789)   -  Southern China.
  • guangxiensis Zhou, F & Jiang, AW, 2008   -  South-eastern China (very local in northern and central Guangxi).


Similar Species
Chinese Chinese Bamboo-Partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus) which is larger and longer-tailed with rufous face and throat, broad grey supercilium and bold, dark breast-side and flank spotting.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for White-necklaced Partridge (Arborophila gingica) - 10 files


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