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;[[:Category:Francolinus|Francolinus]] pintadeanus
[[Image:Chinese_Francolin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photographed in Namnao NP Thailand by jaray]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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31–34 cm (12¼-13½ in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Mottled black and white
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*White cheek patch
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*White throat with black bar
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*Rufous stripe extending above eye to back of head
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*Curved blue black bill<br />
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'''Female''': similar, duller, lacks spurs
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:DSC 3555.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''phayrei''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|jaray|jaray}}<br />Bangpra, [[Thailand]], 5  August 2007]]
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[[Asia]]: [[China]], [[India]] and [[Hong Kong]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Philippines]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''F. p. phayrei'':
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:*Dry scrub of north-eastern [[India]] to [[Myanmar]] and [[Indochina]]
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*''F. p. pintadeanus'':
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:*South-eastern [[China]] and Hainan
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Forests, grassland and scrub.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
==Bird Song==
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====Breeding====
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[[Dictionary_M-O#M|Monogamous]].
  
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The nest is a ground scrape lined with grass, dry leaves and occasionally feathers. The clutch contains 4-5 are cream-coloured eggs.
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====Diet====
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The diet consists mostly of seeds, fruit and insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Avibase
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#McGowan, P.J.K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Chinese Francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chifra1.01
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#gbwf.org
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#sunzi1.lib
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Francolinus+pintadeanus}}
 
{{GSearch|Francolinus+pintadeanus}}
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=119&Bird_Image_ID=12347&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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[[Category:Birds]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Francolinus]]

Latest revision as of 00:00, 9 July 2020

Subspecies pintadeanus
Photo © by Godwin Chan
Hong Kong, 6 July 2020
Francolinus pintadeanus

Identification

31–34 cm (12¼-13½ in)
Male

  • Mottled black and white
  • White cheek patch
  • White throat with black bar
  • Rufous stripe extending above eye to back of head
  • Curved blue black bill

Female: similar, duller, lacks spurs

Distribution

Subspecies phayrei
Photo © by jaray
Bangpra, Thailand, 5 August 2007

Asia: China, India and Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • F. p. phayrei:
  • F. p. pintadeanus:
  • South-eastern China and Hainan

Habitat

Forests, grassland and scrub.

Behaviour

Breeding

Monogamous.

The nest is a ground scrape lined with grass, dry leaves and occasionally feathers. The clutch contains 4-5 are cream-coloured eggs.

Diet

The diet consists mostly of seeds, fruit and insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. McGowan, P.J.K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Chinese Francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chifra1.01
  4. gbwf.org
  5. sunzi1.lib

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