Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Grey-breasted Hill-partridge (Arborophila orientalis) - HBW 2, p. 518
French: Torquéole de Sumatra
German: Sumatrabuschwachtel
Spanish: Arborófila de Sumatra
Other common names: Bare-throated Hill-partridge, Grey-breasted Partridge; Campbell's Hill-partridge (campbelli)
Taxonomy: Perdix orientalis Horsfield, 1821, Blambangan, east Java.
Some authors include present species in a superspecies with A. javanica and A. brunneopectus, and all three are sometimes considered conspecific; others attribute morphological similarities to convergent evolution; sometimes A. rufipectus or A. hyperythra, or both, also included in the superspecies. Race campbelli sometimes considered to constitute separate species. Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- campbelli (Robinson, 1904) - mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.
- rolli (Rothschild, 1909) - Batak Highlands, N Sumatra.
- sumatrana Ogilvie Grant, 1891 - mountains of C Sumatra.
- orientalis (Horsfield, 1821) - mountains of E Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Three birds removing the ground litter with their feet in search of food. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp campbelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
First a bird scraping the ground with its feet in search of food, and then a wary individual walking on the forest floor. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp campbelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
Two individuals searching for food by scraping the ground with their feet. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp campbelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 31 sec 4 -
First two clips of invisible birds calling loudly from inside the thick jungle, then a view of an individual walking on the fore Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp campbelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 43 sec 4 -
A bird foraging Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 5 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird resting on the ground Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 3.5
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Captive individual kept in Vogelpark Walsrode
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Pierre de Chabannes 1 July 2006 3 years ago 3 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Ornis Mallorca, Campanet , Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (ssp orientalis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 May 1994 24 weeks ago 2.8 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (ssp rolli)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 1995 24 weeks ago 2.5
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A bird calling. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp campbelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 19 weeks ago 4 -
An individual calling. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp campbelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 19 weeks ago 4
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