Green-legged Partridge - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Green-legged Hill Partridge

Nominate form
Photo by nothinghill
Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand

Arborophila chloropus

Includes Scaly-breasted Partridge and Vietnam Partridge

Identification

30 cm

• Tan lower throat with black spots
• Green legs (but colour does vary)

Distribution

Asia: found only in China
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Vietnam Partridge
Photo by James Eaton
Bach Ma, Vietnam, April 2004

There are 5-7 subspecies^[1]:

• A. c. chloropus: Scaly-breasted Partridge

• Extreme south-western China (Yunnan) to Myanmar and western Thailand

• A. c. peninsularis:

• South-western Thailand

• A. c. tonkinensis:

• Northern Vietnam

• A. c. olivacea:

• Laos and Cambodia

• A. c. cognacqi:

• Southern Vietnam

• A. c. merlini

• Endemic to interior central Vietnam)

• A. c. vivida

• Coastal hills of central Vietnam
  

The last two subspecies is often considered a separate, full species: Vietnam Partridge, Arborophila merlini.

Habitat

Evergreen forest, forest edges at heights up to 1400 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of seeds, berries and termites.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Green-legged Partridge. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Green-legged_Partridge

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