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Crested Wood-partridge

Rollulus rouloul

Photo by sttweets
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Field Notes

Description:

The Crested Wood Partridge, Rollulus rouloul, also known as the Crested Partridge, Roul-roul, Red-crowned Wood Partridge or Green Wood Partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is the only member of the genus Rollulus.

Habitat:

This small partridge is a resident breeder in lowland rainforests in south Burma, south Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Its nest is a ground scrape lined with leaves, which is concealed under a heap of leaf litter. Five or six white eggs are incubated for 18 days.

Here spotted in Avifauna, Netherlands

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Comments (3)

seems almost unreal, like a patch of rubber around his (I think this is the male) eye.
Does anyone know whether this is male or female?

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