Red-billed partridge
Appearance
Red-billed partridge | |
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A. rubrirostris in Jambi, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Arborophila |
Species: | A. rubrirostris
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Binomial name | |
Arborophila rubrirostris (Salvadori, 1879)
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The red-billed partridge (Arborophila rubrirostris) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to the Barisan highland forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. It is the only member of the genus Arborophila where the bill is completely red. Other members of the genus have either a yellow-tipped red bill or a black bill.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Arborophila rubrirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22679060A130024385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22679060A130024385.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.