Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Witwangbospatrijs
Common Names in English:
White-cheecked Hill Partridge, White-cheeked Hill Partridge, White-cheeked Partridge
Common Names in French:
Torquéole à joues blanches
Common Names in German:
Weißwangen-Buschwachtel
Common Names in Japanese:
ノドグロミヤマテッケイ
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It inhabits dense undergrowth of broadleaved primary
and secondary
evergreen
forest
, sometimes adjacent
scrub
, bamboo
, grassland and
cultivation, most frequently below 750 m
in India, but usually between
610-1,220 m in South-East Asia.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Galliformes
()
- Temminck, 1820
- Suborder:
Phasiani
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Parvorder:
Phasianida
()
- Superfamily:
Phasianoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Phasianidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Perdicinae
()
- Genus:
Arborophila
()
- Hodgson, 1837
- Specific name:
atrogularis
- (Blyth) 1849
- Scientific name: - Arborophila atrogularis (Blyth, 1850) (Blyth) 1849
- Specific name:
atrogularis
- (Blyth) 1849
- Genus:
Arborophila
(
- Subfamily:
Perdicinae
(
- Family:
Phasianidae
(
- Superfamily:
Phasianoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Phasianida
(
- Suborder:
Phasiani
(
- Order:
Galliformes
(
- Superorder:
Galloanserimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Arborophila atrogularis (Blyth, 1849) • Arborophila atrogularis (Blyth, 1850)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Arborophila
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. ardens (White-Eared Hill-Partridge) · A. atrogularis (White-Cheecked Hill Partridge) · A. brunneopectus (Brown-Breasted Hill Partridge) · A. brunneopectus brunneopectus (Brown-Breasted Hill Partridge) · A. cambodiana (Chestnut-Headed Tree Partridge) · A. cambodiana cambodiana (Chestnut-Headed Hill Partridge) · A. campbelli (Campbell's Hill Partridge) · A. charltonii (Chestnut-Necklaced Hill Partridge) · A. charltonii charltonii (Chestnut-Necklaced Hill Partridge) · A. chloropus (Green-Legged Hill Partridge) · A. chloropus chloropus (Green-Legged Hill Partridge) · A. crudigularis (White-Throated Hill Partridge) · A. davidi (Orange-Necked Hill Partridge) · A. gingica (White-Necklaced Partridge) · A. hyperythra (Red-Breasted Tree Partridge) · A. hyperythra hyperythra (Red-Breasted Tree Partridge) · A. javanica (Chestnut-Bellied Tree Partridge) · A. javanica javanica (Chestnut-Bellied Hill Partridge) · A. mandellii (Chestnut-Breasted Hill Partridge) · A. orientalis (White-Faced Hill-Partridge) · A. orientalis orientalis (Horsfield's Hill Partridge) · A. rolli (Roll's Hill Partridge) · A. rubrirostris (Red-Bellied Hill Partridge) · A. rufipectus (Boulton's Hill Partridge) · A. rufogularis (Rufous-Throated Hill Partridge) · A. rufogularis rufogularis (Rufous-Throated Hill Partridge) · A. sumatrana (Sumartran Hill Partridge) · A. torqueola (Common Hill-Partridge) · A. torqueola torqueola (Common Hill Partridge)
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Further Reading
- Anatomical and zoological researches: comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista 1 1878 London, B. Quaritch, 1878. url p. 673.
- Birds. By Eugene W. Oates. London: Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.], 1889-98. url p. 127.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 209.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 99.
- Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies. Calcutta: s.n., 1872-1899. url p. 34.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2008. Arborophila atrogularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11848
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176024
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176024
- IUCN ID: 192391
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2187
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Arborophila atrogularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
