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Red-billed partridge

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Red-billed partridge
A. rubrirostris in Jambi, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Arborophila
Species:
A. rubrirostris
Binomial name
Arborophila rubrirostris
(Salvadori, 1879)

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

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  1. ^ 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.