Friday 21 September 2018

Sabah Partridge

Order - Galliformes
Family - Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)
Sabah Partridge
Tropicoperdix graydoni
沙巴栗胸山鹧鸪 (shā bā lì xiōng shān zhè ɡū)

    Malay : Seruk-Bukit Sabah
    Japanese : クリチャミヤマテッケイ [graydoni] (kuri-cha mi-yama tekkei [graydoni])
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 栗茶深山竹鶏



Taxonomy update for 2022
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Tropicoperdix charltonii, the monotypic group
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge (Sabah) Tropicoperdix charltonii graydoni
now is recognized as a species, Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni,
based on pronounced differences in plumage and in the color of the facial skin
(del Hoyo and Collar 2014, Eaton et al. 2021). :

- Chestnut-necklaced Partridge (Tropicoperdix charltonii)
- Sabah partridge (Tropicoperdix graydoni)

      Size : c. 26–32 cm

      Subspecies and Distribution
  • Monotypic. (Sharpe and C. Chubb, 1906, Sandakan, Sabah, north-eastern Borneo)
    – N Borneo (Sabah).


Date : 03 November 2023
Location : Pitta Path, Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC),
Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Date : 15 September 2018
Location : Sepilok Jungle Resort, Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Date : 15 September 2018
Location : Sepilok Jungle Resort, Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah


Date : 15 September 2018
Location : Sepilok Jungle Resort, Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah


Date : 15 September 2018
Location : Sepilok Jungle Resort, Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah


Date : 15 September 2018
Location : Sepilok Jungle Resort, Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah


Date : 15 September 2018
Location : Sepilok Jungle Resort, Batu 14 Sepilok, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

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