Roll's Partridge Arborophila rolli Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Text last updated October 13, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | perdiu boscana de Roll |
Czech | koroptev batacká |
English | Roll's Partridge |
English (United States) | Roll's Partridge |
French | Torquéole de Roll |
French (France) | Torquéole de Roll |
German | Orangebrust-Buschwachtel |
Indonesian | Puyuh-bukit roll |
Japanese | キタスマトラヤマテッケイ |
Norwegian | batakhøne |
Polish | pstropiór rdzawopierśny |
Russian | Батакская лесная куропатка |
Serbian | Batačka jarebica |
Slovak | kurička Rollova |
Spanish | Arborófila Batak |
Spanish (Spain) | Arborófila batak |
Swedish | rollsånghöna |
Turkish | Roll Dağ Kekliği |
Ukrainian | Куріпка індонезійська |
Arborophila rolli (Rothschild, 1909)
Definitions
- ARBOROPHILA
- rolli
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
c. 28 cm. Has forehead to nape dull brown with darker speckles/streaks, usually a whitish spot on lores, face black and white, throat mostly black; boldly barred black and brown above, wing-coverts brownish but shading to grey patches; pale reddish-brown breast sharply demarcated from all-white belly, flank feathers boldly white-barred black; iris brown, reddish-orange circumorbital area; bill black; legs red. Differs from A. campbelli in pale reddish-brown breast sharply separated from all-white belly, bolder barring above, more brownish on wing-coverts, lack of dark grey lateral collar and hindneck extending from breast, and white-barred black flank feathers; from A. sumatrana in pale reddish-brown breast sharply separated from all-white belly, blacker flanks with narrower but bold white bars, and contrasting black-and-white face with mostly black throat. Sexes similar, female often somewhat duller. Immature apparently undescribed.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Batak Highlands, in N Sumatra.
Habitat
Broadleaf forest in foothills and mountains, to upper montane level; 500–2000 m.
Movement
Appears to be sedentary.
Diet and Foraging
Little information.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Various whistles described, but no differences known between this species and A. sumatrana.
Breeding
No information available.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Mace-Lande: vulnerable. Poorly known. Thought to be common, and numbers apparently stable (2).