The red-billed partridge (''Arborophila rubrirostris'') is a
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
species in the family
Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds. The family is a large one and i ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the
Basiran highland forest
Highland Forest is a county park in Fabius, New York. It is part of the Onondaga County Parks system. Proclaimed the "Adirondacks of Central New York," Highland Forest is the oldest county park in Onondaga County. The park has more than of trail ...
in
Sumatra, Indonesia. It is the only member of the genus ''
Arborophila
''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 ...
'' where the bill is completely red (others have either a yellow-tipped red bill or a black bill).
References
red-billed partridge
Birds of Sumatra
red-billed partridge
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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