Chestnut-breasted Partridge

How to identify

Field marks

1. Breast-band chestnut
2. Belly gray
3. Throat with a band of white markings

Where and when it's recorded

Chestnut-breasted Partridge has been recorded at 16 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Yongkhola campBhutan52 records
2. JainalaBhutan10 records
3. Lingmethang Rd – Namling mid-elevation forestBhutan8 records

Countries and regions with the most records

BhutanChina

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii) is a partridge species endemic to the eastern Himalayas north of the Brahmaputra, and occurs in Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and south-eastern Tibet at elevations from 350 to 2,500 m (1,150 to 8,200 ft). It is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List, as the estimated population comprises less than 10,000 individuals. It is threatened by forest degradation and by hunting.

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