Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Common Hill-partridge (Arborophila torqueola) - HBW 2, p. 514
French: Torquéole à collier
German: Hügelhuhn
Spanish: Arborófila Común
Other common names: Hill Partridge, Necklaced/Indian Hill partridge
Taxonomy: Perdix torqueola Valenciennes, 1826, Bengal.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- millardi (Stuart Baker, 1921) - W Himalayas.
- torqueola (Valenciennes, 1826) - Nepal E to Tibet and N Burma.
- batemani (Ogilvie Grant, 1906) - N Burma and SC China (W Yunnan, SW Sichuan).
- griseata Delacour & Jabouille, 1930 - NW Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A wary male in a tree, with a flock of White-throated Laughingthrushes passing through. Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp millardi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 2 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
An alerted male walking down a branch, with a flock of White-throated Laughingthrushes passing through. Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp millardi)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 2 years ago 19 sec 4
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An adult male on the ground.
Locality Leeds Castle, Kent County, England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 22 August 2009 2 years ago 4.5
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