Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

Chestnut-Necklaced Partridge
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Genus: Arborophila
Species: A. charltonii
Binomial name
Arborophila charltonii
(Eyton, 1845)

The Chestnut-necklaced Partridge (Arborophila charltonii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It is closely related to the Vietnam Partridge and Scaly-breasted Partridge, and their taxonomy is not entirely settled.

The Chestnut-necklaced Partridge is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2006). Arborophila charltonii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 July 2007. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened