Chestnut-headed partridge

The chestnut-headed partridge (Arborophila cambodiana) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in highland forest in Cambodia, specifically the Cardamom Mountains. The Siamese partridge, subspecies A. c. diversa, has sometimes been considered as a separate species..

Chestnut-headed partridge
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Arborophila
Species:	A. cambodiana
Binomial name
Arborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928

Taxonomy

The chestnut-headed partridge was formally described in 1928 by the French ornithologists Jean Théodore Delacour and Pierre Jabouille based on a specimen collected near Bokor in southern Cambodia. They placed the new species with the partridges in the genus Arborophila and coined the binomial name Arborophila cambodiana.^[2][3]

Three subspecies are recognised:^[4]

• A. c. diversa Riley, 1930 – southeast Thailand (Siamese partridge)
• A. c. chandamonyi Eames, JC & Steinheimer & Bansok, 2002 – southwest Cambodia
• A. c. cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 – southeast Cambodia

The subspecies A. c. diversa has sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Siamese partridge.^[4][5]