Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

Tropicoperdix charltonii

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableSeedsForestMedium · 290 g

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The chestnut-necklaced partridge is 26–32 cm (10–13 in) long. The male weighs about 290 g (10 oz) and the female weighs about 250 g (8.8 oz). The crown and nape are brown, with dark speckles. The whitish supercilium, throat and neck have brown streaks. The upper breast is chestnut, with a blackish collar above it. The lower breast is brown, and the belly and flanks are buff. There are dark scales on the lower breast and flanks. The upperparts are brown, finely marked blackish and buff. The beak is greenish yellow, and the legs are yellow.

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When to see the Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

The chestnut-necklaced partridge is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in forests in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as vulnerable.

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