Sumatran partridge

Sumatran partridge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Genus: Arborophila
Species: A. sumatrana
Binomial name
Arborophila sumatrana
Ogilvie-Grant, 1891

The Sumatran partridge, or Sumatran hill partridge, (Arborophila sumatrana) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in highland forests in central Sumatra, Indonesia. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the grey-breasted partridge (A. orientalis).

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