Arborophila

 ( Bird Genera ) 

Arborophila is a bird genus in the family Phasianidae. The genus has the second most members within the Galliformes after Pternistis, although Arborophila species vary very little in bodily proportions with different species varying only in colouration/patterning and overall size. These are fairly small, often brightly marked found in forest of eastern and southern Asia.

Some species in this genus have small ranges, and are threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

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Taxonomy The genus Arborophila was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson to accommodate a single species, the hill partridge, which is therefore the type species. The genus name combines the Latin arbor, arboris meaning "tree" with the Ancient Greek philos meaning "-loving".

James A. Jobling (2025). 9781408125014, Christopher Helm. . ISBN 9781408125014

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Species While most species in this genus are highly distinctive and their taxonomic treatment is settled, there are three Species complex where the species limits have not been entirely resolved and to various degrees are disputed: A. orientalis–sumatrana–campbelli–rolli complex, A. cambodiana complex, and A. chloropus–merlini–charltonii complex. A. torqueola is always called the hill partridge or common hill-partridge, but in all other species "hill" is often disregarded (for example, A. rufipectus is variously known as the Sichuan hill-partridge or Sichuan partridge). The genus contains 18 species.

India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

China

Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and south-eastern Tibet

China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Cambodia.

Hainan Island, China.

Taiwan

India, northern Myanmar, and northeast Bangladesh

Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam

Cambodia

Borneo

Peninsular Malaysia.

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Sumatra, Indonesia.

Java.

eastern Java, Indonesia.

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Further reading

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