Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Chestnut-headed hill partridge, Chestnut-headed Partridge, Chestnut-headed Tree Partridge
Common Names in French:
Torquéole du Cambodge
Common Names in German:
Kambodschabuschwachtel
Common Names in Japanese:
カンボジアミヤマテッケイ
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is presumed resident in evergreen
forest
on slopes
and plateaus
,
and has also been recorded in open areas. It is generally found in
mountains from 700-1,400 m
in Thailand, and on plateaux (up to 1,000
m) in Cambodia, although it has been recorded down
to 300 m and 400
m in both countries, and 200 m in Cambodia4,5.
It commonly forms groups of 5-6, although up to 30 individuals have
been observed together. The diet
includes ants
, termites and other
invertebrates
which are obtained by scratching in the leaf-litter5.
It has been observed feeding in rice-paddies in the foothills between
November and January5.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [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:
cambodiana
- Delacour & Jabouille 1928
- Scientific name: - Arborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 Delacour & Jabouille 1928
- Specific name:
cambodiana
- Delacour & Jabouille 1928
- 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
(
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
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 41.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 101.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 189, p. 190.
- Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 49.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 67, p. 67.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Arborophila cambodiana. 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.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11858
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-677948
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816419
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176026
- IUCN ID: 192393
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2188
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2009. Arborophila cambodiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
