Malaysia
 
Sabah, Borneo
Red-breasted Partridge
Mount Kinabalu Nat’l Park
31Jul2018
Is endemic to hill and montane
forests in Borneo...prefers
bamboos and thickets.
Arborophila hyperythra
(L 11" Wt 9.5 oz)
© Frank
Lambert
xeno-canto
Arbor in Latin means tree;
phila in Greek means loving;
hyperthra in Greek means
somewhat red.
In 1886 the game menu in a Chicago
restaurant listed “Jacksnipe, Blackbirds,
Reed Birds, Partridges, Quails, Butter-
balls, Ducks, English Snipe, Red-wing
Starlings, Marsh Birds and Plover” along
with buffalo loin and ragout of bear.
(Scott Weidensaul)
© eBird
© eBird
© Josep del
Hoyo
Macaulay
Library