CHESTNUT-BELLIED PARTRIDGE

The 'Chestnut-bellied Partridge', ''Arborophila javanica'' also known as 'Chestnut-bellied Hill-partridge' or 'Javan Hill-partridge' is a small, up to 28cm long, partridge with a rufous crown and nape, red legs, grey breast, brown wings, red facial skin, and a black mask, throat and bill. It has a rufous belly with white on the middle. Both sexes are similar. The young has whitish face and reddish brown bill.
An Indonesian endemic, the Chestnut-bellied Partridge is distributed to hill and mountain forests of west and east Java. The female lays up to four eggs in a domed nest of long grasses, built by the male.
A common species in its limited range, the Chestnut-bellied Partridge is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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★ Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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★ BirdLife Species Factsheet

★ IUCN Red List