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Arborophila gingica

(White-necklaced Partridge)

Overview

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Vulnerable

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Rickets bospatrijs

Common Names in English:

Collared hill partridge, Rickett's Hill Partridge, Rickett's hill-partridge, White-necklaced Partridge

Common Names in French:

Torquéole de Sonnerat

Common Names in German:

Chinabuschwachtel

Common Names in Japanese:

フッケンミヤマテッケイ

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: Its typical habitats are broadleaf, mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest , bamboo and scrub at 500 m to 1,700 m in the higher mountains of south-east China. It is confined to densely forested areas, where it stays on the ground in thick undergrowth during the day, but roosts communally in trees .

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Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Arborophila gingica (Gmelin, 1789) • Arborophila gingica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2005

Similar Species

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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

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International 2008. Arborophila gingica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-14