PAS_Crimson-Headed Partridge (Haematortyx sanguiniceps)
Crimson-Headed Partridge (Haematortyx sanguiniceps)
Description: Medium-sized (25 cm) plump partridge with unmistakable crimson head, breast, and vent. Male otherwise blackish brown; female olive-brown.
Iris - brown; bill - yellow in male, brown in female; feet and lets - grey with two spurs in male and one in female.
Voice: High, harsh clucking kak kak kak. Pom-prang, pom-prang repeated several times in small, metallic voice.
Range: Endemic to Borneo.
Distribution and status: Widespread in the hills and mountains of Borneo. Formerly regarded as common (Smythies, 1981) but now uncommon between 500 and 1700 m, occasionally found down to 200 m.
Habits: Generally confined to heath forests and dry sandy forests of valley bottoms in mountains.
