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Bar-backed Hill Partridge

Arborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Arborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855)
Name authority
(Blyth, 1855)
Common name
Bar-backed Hill Partridge
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Galliformes
Family
Phasianidae
Genus
Arborophila
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderGalliformes
  10. familyPhasianidae
  11. genusArborophila Hodgson, 1837
  12. speciesArborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Arborophila. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sumartran Hill PartridgeArborophila sumatrana Ogilvie-Grant, 1891PhasianidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-headed Hill PartridgeArborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928PhasianidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Campbell's Hill PartridgeArborophila campbelli (Robinson, 1904)PhasianidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bornean PartridgeArborophila hyperythra (Sharpe, 1879)PhasianidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-bellied Hill PartridgeArborophila javanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)PhasianidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-breasted Hill PartridgeArborophila mandellii Hume, 1874PhasianidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176025 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:G6MQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.