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'''Alternative name: Bamboo Partridge''' | '''Alternative name: Bamboo Partridge''' | ||
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;[[:Category:Bambusicola|Bambusicola]] thoracicus | ;[[:Category:Bambusicola|Bambusicola]] thoracicus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
31cm. Male larger | 31cm. Male larger | ||
* Upperparts and breast mottled black, chestnut, and cream | * Upperparts and breast mottled black, chestnut, and cream | ||
| − | * Black spotted flanks | + | * Black spotted flanks |
| − | * | + | * Extensive rufous face and throat |
| − | * Grey above eye and down to neck | + | * Grey above eye and down to neck |
* Females are usually unspurred | * Females are usually unspurred | ||
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Immatures are duller, have buffy shaft streaks, dark spots on lower back, rump and undertail-coverts. | Immatures are duller, have buffy shaft streaks, dark spots on lower back, rump and undertail-coverts. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Asia]]: found in south and central [[China | + | [[Asia]]: found in south and central [[China]].<br /> |
| − | + | Declining in its range. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br /> | |
| − | + | Formerly considered conspecific with [[Taiwan Bamboo Partridge]]. | |
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The scientific name was formerly spelled ''thoracica''. | The scientific name was formerly spelled ''thoracica''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=54&Bird_Image_ID=13104&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=54&Bird_Image_ID=13104&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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Revision as of 16:45, 24 October 2015
Alternative name: Bamboo Partridge
- Bambusicola thoracicus
Identification
31cm. Male larger
- Upperparts and breast mottled black, chestnut, and cream
- Black spotted flanks
- Extensive rufous face and throat
- Grey above eye and down to neck
- Females are usually unspurred
Immatures are duller, have buffy shaft streaks, dark spots on lower back, rump and undertail-coverts.
Distribution
Asia: found in south and central China.
Declining in its range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly considered conspecific with Taiwan Bamboo Partridge.
The scientific name was formerly spelled thoracica.
Habitat
Warm forests and grasslands; not entirely dependent on bamboo. Occurs up to 1000m, occasionally up to 2000m.
Behaviour
Terrestrial.
Breeding
The clutch consists of 3-7 eggs which are incubated by the female for 18 days.
Diet
The diet includes invertebrates, nuts, seeds, shoots and leaves.
Vocalisation
Call: ki-ko-kuai or kojukkei
<flashmp3>Daurian Redstart and Chinese Bamboo Partridge NE Sichuan April 011.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Starts with Daurian Redstart, followed by Chinese Bamboo Partridges, Oriental Greenfinch and a bulbul
Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, September 2011
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1994. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334153
- gbwf.org
- Birding in Taiwan
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chinese Bamboo Partridge. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chinese_Bamboo_Partridge
