Arborophila
White-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Rollulinae
Genus: Arborophila
Hodgson, 1837
Type species
Perdix torquela (hill partridge)
Species

About 20, see text

Arborophila is a bird genus in the family Phasianidae. The genus has the second most members within the Galliformes after Pternistis, although Arborophila species vary very little in bodily proportions with different species varying only in colouration/patterning and overall size. These are fairly small, often brightly marked partridges found in forest of eastern and southern Asia.[1] Some species in this genus have small ranges, and are threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

Taxonomy

The genus Arborophila was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson to accommodate a single species, the hill partridge, which is therefore the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Latin arbor, arboris meaning "tree" with the Ancient Greek philos meaning "-loving".[4]

Species

While most species in this genus are highly distinctive and their taxonomic treatment is settled, there are three complexes where the species limits have not been entirely resolved and to various degrees are disputed: A. orientalis–sumatrana–campbelli–rolli complex, A. cambodiana complex, and A. chloropus–merlini–charltonii complex.[1] A. torqueola is always called the hill partridge or common hill-partridge, but in all other species "hill" is often disregarded (for example, A. rufipectus is variously known as the Sichuan hill-partridge or Sichuan partridge). The genus contains 19 species.[5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Hill partridgeArborophila torqueolaIndia, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Sichuan partridgeArborophila rufipectusChina
Chestnut-breasted partridgeArborophila mandelliiBhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and south-eastern Tibet
White-necklaced or collared partridgeArborophila gingicaChina (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.)
Rufous-throated partridgeArborophila rufogularisBangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam
Red-billed partridgeArborophila rubrirostrisSumatra, Indonesia.
Siamese partridgeArborophila diversaeastern Thailand.
Chestnut-headed partridgeArborophila cambodianaCambodia.
Hainan partridgeArborophila ardensHainan Island, China.
Taiwan partridgeArborophila crudigularisTaiwan
White-cheeked partridgeArborophila atrogularisIndia, northern Myanmar, and northeast Bangladesh
Bar-backed partridgeArborophila brunneopectusCambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
Orange-necked partridgeArborophila davidiCambodia
Red-breasted or Bornean partridgeArborophila hyperythraBorneo
Malayan partridgeArborophila campbelliPeninsular Malaysia.
Roll's partridgeArborophila rolliSumatra, Indonesia.
Sumatran partridgeArborophila sumatranaSumatra, Indonesia.
Chestnut-bellied partridgeArborophila javanicaJava.
Grey-breasted or white-faced partridgeArborophila orientaliseastern Java, Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Madge, Steve; McGowan, Phil (2002). Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse. London: Christopher Helm. p. 10. ISBN 0-7136-3966-0.
  2. ↑ Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1837). "On two new genera of rasorial birds". Madras Journal of Literature and Science. 5: 300–305 [303].
  3. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 98.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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