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Chestnut-headed Hill Partridge

Arborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

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.

Wikipedia contributors, Chestnut-headed partridge; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:12:33.063713+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Arborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928
Name authority: Delacour & Jabouille, 1928
Common name: Chestnut-headed 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.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classAves
orderGalliformes
familyPhasianidae
genusArborophila Hodgson, 1837
speciesArborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928

Close classified relatives

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

Species	Classification	Source status
Sumartran Hill PartridgeArborophila sumatrana Ogilvie-Grant, 1891	PhasianidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Bar-backed Hill PartridgeArborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855)	PhasianidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Campbell's Hill PartridgeArborophila campbelli (Robinson, 1904)	PhasianidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Bornean PartridgeArborophila hyperythra (Sharpe, 1879)	PhasianidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-bellied Hill PartridgeArborophila javanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)	PhasianidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-breasted Hill PartridgeArborophila mandellii Hume, 1874	PhasianidaeChordata	Accepted 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.

https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176026 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.

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:G6MR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.