Bar-backed Partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus)

Other Names (World)
Bar-backed Partridge, Bar-backed Hill-Partridge, Barred Hill-Partridge, Brown-breasted Partridge, Brown-breasted Hill-Partridge

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
26.50 - 29.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia, China (mainland), Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Bar-backed Partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus) [XC893104]
by Dave GUO from Nonggang Natural Reserve, Guangxi, China (call, duet)

Bar-backed Partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus) [XC396728]
by Jiahua X. from Thi Nuey Station, Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (song)

Subspecies
Some authors include present species in a superspecies with Chestnut-bellied Partridge (Arborophila javanica) and Grey-breasted Partridge (Arborophila orientalis), and all three are sometimes considered conspecific. Others attribute morphological similarities to convergent evolution. Sometimes Sichuan Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus) or Red-breasted Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra), or both, also included in the superspecies. Birds of Guangxi (central-southern China) probably belong to subspecies henrici, but sometimes ascribed to nominate subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855) - Central-southern China (south-western Yunnan) through eastern Burma and northern Laos to western Thailand.
henrici (Oustalet, 1896) - Northern and central Vietnam; probably also central-southern China (Guangxi).
albigula (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - South-central Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

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