Orange-necked Partridge

The orange-necked partridge is about 27 cm long and weighs roughly 241 g. A black line runs from the bill toward the neck below a whitish stripe that becomes orange on the neck-side; the rusty-orange throat is bordered by a black breast band. Olive-brown upperparts are barred darker, the belly is greyish-white and the flanks carry black-and-white scallops. Pinkish legs and a black bill complete the pattern (Wikipedia, general species account).

Restricted to southern Vietnam and a small part of Mondulkiri in Cambodia, it inhabits hill forest at about 120–600 m, with a strong association with bamboo. It also persists in scrub, bamboo regrowth and some logged plantations. The species was described in 1927 and went unrecorded for decades before its rediscovery in 1991. Vietnamese populations occur in several protected and managed forests, but its small range makes continued lowland forest and bamboo loss particularly consequential (Wikipedia, general species account).