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[[Image:Long-billed_Partridge.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Borneo+bird+guide|Borneo bird guide}}<br>Location: Semenggoh, Sarawak, [[Borneo]]]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Large (30 cm) brown partridge with long, curved, black bill. Adult male: distinctive chestnut-brown head, grey breast, brown back, double spur. Female: lighter, more fulvous, and lacks grey breast; single spur. The montane race of Mt. Dulit is greyer than lowland forms.
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30 cm. Brown, long, curved, black bill. Adult male: distinctive chestnut-brown head, grey breast, brown back, double spur. Female: lighter, and lacks grey breast; single spur. Iris - light brown; bill - grey; feet - yellow.
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Iris - light brown; bill - grey; feet - yellow.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Lowland and hill forest to 1000 m. In Borneo it has a patchy distribution; a rare montane bird of Mts Dulit and Batu Song (at 1000 m); also in lowlands of SW Sarawak and the Barito catchment.  
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From Burma east over southern [[Thailand]] and the [[Malaysia]]n Peninsula to [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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[[Hose's Partridge]] was formerly included in this species.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Lives on the floor of primary forest and forest on limestone hills.
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Forest on limestone hills.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Alights in trees when flushed.  Voice: Shrill whistle kanking following single note of partner in bell-like duet.
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Rhizothera longirostris
Photo by Borneo bird guide
Location: Semenggoh, Sarawak, Borneo

Identification

30 cm. Brown, long, curved, black bill. Adult male: distinctive chestnut-brown head, grey breast, brown back, double spur. Female: lighter, and lacks grey breast; single spur. Iris - light brown; bill - grey; feet - yellow.

Distribution

From Burma east over southern Thailand and the Malaysian Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Hose's Partridge was formerly included in this species.

Habitat

Forest on limestone hills.

Behaviour

External Links

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