Chestnut-headed partridge
Species of bird
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The chestnut-headed partridge (Arborophila cambodiana) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in highland forest in Cambodia, specifically the Cardamom Mountains. The Siamese partridge, subspecies A. c. diversa, has sometimes been considered as a separate species..
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Arborophila |
| Species: | A. cambodiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Arborophila cambodiana | |
Taxonomy
The chestnut-headed partridge was formally described in 1928 by the French ornithologists Jean Théodore Delacour and Pierre Jabouille based on a specimen collected near Bokor in southern Cambodia. They placed the new species with the partridges in the genus Arborophila and coined the binomial name Arborophila cambodiana.[2][3]
Three subspecies are recognised:[4]
- A. c. diversa Riley, 1930 – southeast Thailand (Siamese partridge)
- A. c. chandamonyi Eames, JC & Steinheimer & Bansok, 2002 – southwest Cambodia
- A. c. cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 – southeast Cambodia
The subspecies A. c. diversa has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Siamese partridge.[4][5]
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