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Hill partridge

Arborophila torqueola (Valenciennes, 1825)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 305 g to 377.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola)
Photo: Umeshsrinivasan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the hill partridge

Weight
305 g – 377.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.9 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hill partridge live?

Not recorded

What is the hill partridge?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The common hill partridge, necklaced hill partridge, or simply hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola) is a species of bird in the pheasant family found in Asia.

From the Wikipedia article “Hill partridge” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hill_partridge&oldid=1357277033), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the hill partridge sound like?

Iamsalin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the hill partridge endangered?

The hill partridge is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the hill partridge classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusArborophila
  7. SpeciesArborophila torqueola (Valenciennes, 1825)

Synonyms Aborophila torqueola, Arborophila olivacea, Perdix olivacea

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Common hill partridgeEnglish
  • Common hill partridgeEnglish
  • Common hill partridgeEnglish
  • حجل التل الشائعArabic
  • Perdiu boscana de collarCatalan
  • perdiu forestal de collarCatalan
  • koroptev himálajskáCzech
  • koroptev rudohlaváCzech
  • petrisen fynyddWelsh
  • Himalaya SkovhøneDanish
  • HügelbuschwachtelGerman
  • HügelhuhnGerman
  • rufkrona perdrikoEsperanto
  • Arborófila comúnSpanish
  • himaalaja künkakanaEstonian
  • کبک تپهPersian
  • viidakkopyyFinnish
  • Torquéole à collierFrench
  • पियोराHindi
  • sivoprsa trčkaCroatian
  • Pernice di collinaItalian
  • チャガシラミヤマテッケイJapanese
  • paprastoji krūmyninė kurapkaLithuanian
  • pakalnu irbīteLatvian
  • पिउराNepali
  • Gewone BospatrijsDutch
  • rustkronehøneNorwegian
  • pstropiór obrożnyPolish
  • perdiz-montêsPortuguese
  • perdiz-mascaradaPortuguese
  • perdiz-montesa-mascaradaPortuguese
  • Воротничковая лесная куропаткаRussian
  • Обыкновенная кустарниковая куропаткаRussian
  • kurička himalájskaSlovak
  • Brdska jarebicaSerbian
  • brunkronad sånghönaSwedish
  • Dağ KekliğiTurkish
  • куріпка чагарниковаUkrainian
  • Gà so họng đenVietnamese
  • 环颈山鹧鸪Chinese
  • 環頸山鷓鴣Chinese

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Relatives of the hill partridge

Other species in the same genus Arborophila.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the hill partridge?

An adult hill partridge weighs 305 g – 377.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the hill partridge endangered?

The hill partridge is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the hill partridge?

The hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{hill_partridge_2026,
  title = {Hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hill-partridge},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}