Arborophila is a bird genus in the family Phasianidae. The genus has the second most members within the Galliformes after Pternistis, although Arborophila species vary very little in bodily proportions with different species varying only in colouration/patterning and overall size. These are fairly small, often brightly marked partridges found in forest of eastern and southern Asia. Some species in this genus have small ranges, and are threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
|White-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)|
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While most species in this genus are highly distinctive and their taxonomic treatment is settled, there are three complexes where the species limits have not been entirely resolved and to various degrees are disputed: A. orientalis–sumatrana–campbelli–rolli complex, A. cambodiana complex, and A. chloropus–merlini–charltonii complex. A. torqueola is always called the hill partridge or common hill-partridge, but in all other species "hill" is often disregarded (for example, A. rufipectus is variously known as the Sichuan hill-partridge or Sichuan partridge).
- Hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola)
- Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)
- Chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii)
- White-necklaced (or collared) partridge (Arborophila gingica)
- Rufous-throated partridge (Arborophila rufogularis)
- Red-billed partridge (Arborophila rubrirostris)
- Siamese partridge (Arborophila diversa)
- Chestnut-headed partridge (Arborophila cambodiana)
- Hainan partridge (Arborophila ardens)
- Taiwan partridge (Arborophila crudigularis)
- White-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)
- Bar-backed partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus)
- Orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi)
- Red-breasted (or Bornean) partridge (Arborophila hyperythra)
- Malayan partridge (Arborophila campbelli)
- Roll's partridge (Arborophila rolli)
- Sumatran partridge (Arborophila sumatrana)
- Chestnut-bellied partridge (Arborophila javanica)
- Grey-breasted (or white-faced) partridge (Arborophila orientalis)
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