NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Chestnut-bellied Hill Partridge
Arborophila javanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
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.
Chestnut-bellied Partridge
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Open encyclopedia reference
The chestnut-bellied partridge (Arborophila javanica) also known as chestnut-bellied hill-partridge or Javan hill-partridge is a small, up to 28 cm long, partridge with a rufous crown and nape, red legs, grey breast, brown wings, red facial skin, and a black mask, throat and bill. It has a rufous belly with white on the middle. The sexes are similar. The young has a whitish face and a reddish brown bill.
An Indonesian endemic, the chestnut-bellied partridge is distributed to hill and mountain forests of west and east Java. The female lays up to four eggs in a domed nest of long grasses, built by the male.
A common species in its limited range, the chestnut-bellied partridge is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Wikipedia contributors, Chestnut-bellied partridge; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:18:40.975685+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Arborophila javanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
- Name authority
- (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- Chestnut-bellied 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 javanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
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 |
| Chestnut-headed Hill PartridgeArborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 | 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-breasted Hill PartridgeArborophila mandellii Hume, 1874 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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=176033 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:G6N2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.