鸡形目

白眉山鹧鸪 White-necklaced Hill Partridge
Arborophila gingica

中型雉类
体长 28~30 cm

虹膜 /iris

褐色 /brown

嘴 /bill

黑色 /black

脚 /legs and feet

红色 /red

目 │ 鸡形目GALLIFORMES 科 │ 雉科Phasianidae

野外识别 │ 额白色，眉纹也是白色，喉黄色。上体橄榄褐色，两胁有栗色斑点，喉有一黑色横带，下方紧接窄的白色横带及一条较宽的栗色横带，下体暗灰色。叫声是悠长、缓慢的“ woooop ”声。

居留及分布 │ 分布于中国东南部，在南岭是留鸟。主要分布于福建北部及中部、广东北部、广西瑶山。全球性易危种。在南岭分布较广，在竹坳、仙坪、白马坑、小黄山等地有记录，分布的海拔范围较广，为 400~1 800 m。

生境及习性 │ 栖息于低山丘陵地带阔叶林中，常在林下茂密的植物丛或林缘灌丛地带活动。晚上栖于树上。性较隐蔽，多数情况下只能听到其叫声。主要以植物的果实与种子为食，也吃昆虫。繁殖资料较缺乏。

Field identification │ A medium-sized partridge with a round body, very short tail and thick legs.White-necklaced Hill Partridge is mainly chestnut-brown above and grey below, and best distinguished from similar-sized partridges in the region by its white forehead and supercilium and three-banded breast pattern (black over white over chestnut). The throat and sides of the neck are buffy-orange streaked with black, the flanks fringed with chestnut, and the undertail coverts barred black and white.The call is a long, far-carrying, mournful woooop which rises in tone. Sometimes two birds duet.

Distribution & status │ Endemic to southeast China, where it is patchily distributed from eastern Guangxi to southern Zhejiang, including northern and central Guangdong. In Nanling, it is a fairly common resident, recorded at Zhuao, Xianping, Baimakeng, Xiaohuangshan.

Habitat & habits │ White-necklaced Hill Partridges occur in hill forests where they forage in leaf-litter on wooded slopes and roost at night in trees. More often heard than seen, they feed on seeds,berries and insects and nest in April-May.