Chestnut-headed Partridge - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by James Eaton
Phnom Aural,Cardamom Mountain, Cambodia, Febuary 2005

Arborophila cambodiana

Includes: Siamese Partridge

Identification

28cm

• Plain chestnut head
• Mottled brown and black upperparts
• Chestnut underparts, spotted white

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Cambodia and Thailand.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. c. diversa: Siamese Partridge

• Tropical forests of south-eastern Thailand

• A. c. cambodiana:

• Tropical forests of south-western Cambodia

• A. c. chandamonyi:

• South-western Cambodia (Cardamom Mountains)

Diversa is sometimes regarded as a separate species Siamese Partridge^[2].

Habitat

Moist montanes and lowland forests.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Chestnut-headed Partridge. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-headed_Partridge

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