White-necklaced Partridge

Arborophila gingica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

25–30 cmLength253 gWeight

The nominate subspecies has a white forehead, a long supercilium, orange-chestnut sides of the neck, and a black collar with a white band across the breast.

Busiest months: May · Most records: China

Near Threatened

How to identify

Field marks

Forehead white in the nominate subspecies; supercilium long
Side of neck and throat orange-chestnut
Black collar; white band above the chestnut upper breast
Back reddish-brown with black spots; legs red

Male, female and young

The female resembles the male but is smaller; juveniles have a duller breast.

Voice

The territorial call is a repeated, plaintive whistle, such as “wooop” or “co-qwee”, mostly at dawn and dusk.

Where and when it's recorded

White-necklaced Partridge has been recorded at 29 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Emei Peak NNRChina228 records
Fuzhou National Forest ParkChina154 records
Fengyang Mountain NNRChina49 records

More places

Nanling NNR [Ruyang Area]China18 records
Junzi Peak NNRChina16 records
Tianzhu Mountain Forest ParkChina15 records
Tongling MountainChina11 records
Ruoliao Primeval ForestChina11 records
Xiaoping Forest ParkChina11 records
Sanming Luoboyan PNRChina9 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 white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica), also known as the collared partridge or Rickett's hill-partridge, is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to southeastern China. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting, and the IUCN has assessed it as near-threatened.

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