Adult (Siamese) © Wich’yanan Limparungpatthanakij eBird S65768508 Macaulay Library ML 215332481
Adult (Chestnut-headed) © nick upton
Adult (Siamese) © Wich’yanan Limparungpatthanakij
Adult (Siamese) © Wich’yanan Limparungpatthanakij

Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana

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Identification

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Shy and secretive small gamebird restricted to the Cardamom range of Cambodia and far eastern Thailand. Richly patterned, with a bright orange breast, black-and-white scaled sides, and black-barred brown upperparts. Cambodian birds also have a bright orange head and neck. Forages in pairs on the forest floor, duetting loudly to one another in the morning and early afternoon, giving loud ascending couplets followed by a series of chipping notes from one of the pair.

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