Arborophila

White-necklaced partridge Arborophila gingica, copyright F. Spangenberg.

Belongs within: Phasianidae.

Arborophila is an Oriental genus of small, rotund partridges with short rears, long, unspurred legs and slender toes.

<==Arborophila
    |--A. javanicaJT12
    `--+--A. torqueolaJT12
       `--+--A. gingicaJT12
          `--A. rufogularisJT12

Arborophila incertae sedis:
  A. ardensJT12
  A. atrogularisJT12
  A. brunneopectusJT12
  A. cambodianaJT12
  A. campbelliJT12
  A. charltoniiJT12
  A. chloropusJT12
  A. crudigularisJT12
  A. davidiJT12
  A. diversaAP21
  A. hyperythraJT12
  A. mandelliiJT12
  A. orientalisJT12
  A. rolliJT12
  A. rubrirostrisJT12
  A. rufipectusAP21
  A. sphenuraS42
  A. sumatranaJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[S42] Strickland, H. E. 1842. Account of the birds in the Chinese collection exhibited at Hyde Park Corner. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 166–168.

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