Family Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse (Phasianidae)
Least Concern
Mountain Bamboo-partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)
Taxonomy
French: Bambusicole de Fytch German: Gelbbrauen-Bambushuhn Spanish: Bambusícola montana
Taxonomy:
Bambusicola fytchii
J. Anderson
, 1871,Ponsee, Yunnan, China
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Subspecies and Distribution
B. f. hopkinsoni
Godwin-Austen, 1874 – NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh S to Meghalaya and Mizoram) S to E Bangladesh and E to N Myanmar.
B. f. fytchii
J. Anderson, 1871 – SC China (Sichuan and Yunnan) S to EC Myanmar, NW Thailand, N Laos and N Vietnam.
Descriptive notes
c. 32–37 cm; male 278–400 g, female 256–340 g. Male is larger than female. Distinctive pattern on head and underparts; belly creamy white to pale buff;... read more
Voice
Advertising call, given frequently during breeding season, from a stump or mound, is a resonant... read more
Habitat
Open scrub forest, thickets, bamboo patches, and mixed scrub and tall grassland along watercourses... read more
Food and feeding
Seeds, berries, shoots and buds, rice grains and a variety of invertebrates. Scratches ground. Recorded in coveys of up to 5–6 birds... read more
Breeding
Mating system not certainly known, but perhaps monogamous. Nesting apparently Mar–Sept (usually Apr–Jul) in China; May–... read more
Movements
Sedentary. Flies only when pressed, rising for a few metres before landing in grass.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Mace Lande: vulnerable. Range covers a fairly large area (estimated at 530,000 km²) and species apparently persists in second... read more
Proposed race rincheni (Lushai Hills, Mizoram) indistinguishable from hopkinsoni. Two subspecies recognized.