Taiwan Partridge

Arborophila crudigularis (Swinhoe, 1864)

28 cmLength257 gWeight

It is a mountain partridge endemic to Taiwan (China), with a sharply patterned black-and-white face and orange-red legs and feet.

Busiest months: December · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Crown gray; sides of head black; supercilium and chin white
Throat white, with a black half-collar
Upperparts olive-gray with black markings; wings reddish-brown
Bill blue-gray; legs and feet orange-red

Male, female and young

The female resembles the male but has fewer stripes on the throat and more on the sides.

Voice

A series of “gurru” notes rising and falling in pitch; duets and choruses are often heard.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: December · Most records: China

Taiwan Partridge has been recorded at 17 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)597 records
Taipei – Tianliaoyang WetlandTaiwan (China)366 records
Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTUTaiwan (China)329 records

More places

Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)276 records
Yilan – Nan'ao ChaoyangTaiwan (China)168 records
Yilan – Nan'ao River Mouth South BankTaiwan (China)107 records
Taipei – Xindian SikanshuiTaiwan (China)88 records
Taipei – Gongliao Dexin TempleTaiwan (China)62 records
Yilan – Nan'ao River Mouth North BankTaiwan (China)59 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Hengliu Creek (15K)Taiwan (China)55 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China

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 Taiwan (China) partridge or Taiwan (China) hill partridge (Arborophila crudigularis) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Taiwan (China), and its natural habitat is broadleaf forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, but at present is categorised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as being of least concern.

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