Alternative names: Roll's Hill Partridge; Tan-breasted Partridge
- Arborophila rolli
Identification
28 cm.
- Dull brown forehead to nape with dark speckles and streaks, usually whitish spot on lores
- Black and white face, reddish-orange around eye
- Mostly black throat
- Boldly barred black and brown upperparts
- Brownish wing-coverts
- Pale reddish-brown breast
- All-white belly
- Boldly white-barred black flank feathers
- Red legs
Sexes similar, females duller. Immatures undescribed.
Similar species
The pale reddish-brown breast which is sharply separated from the white belly, the bolder barring on the upperparts, the more brownish wing-coverts, the lack of dark grey lateral collar and the white-barred black flank feathers separate this species from Malayan Partridge. Sumatran Partridge has a grey head and underparts.
Distribution
North-western Sumatra, Indonesia.
A poorly known species, presumably common in its range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Grey-breasted Partridge.
Habitat
Forest in mountains and foothills.
Occurs from 500 to 2000 m.
Behaviour
No information available about diet and breeding.
Presumably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Roll's Partridge. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Roll%27s_Partridge