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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.
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.
Unusually for a
galliform species, the young are fed bill-to-bill by both parents instead of pecking from the ground, and although
precocial, they roost in the nest while small.
Crested Wood Partridge is a rotund short-tailed bird, 25cm in length, with the male marginally larger than the female. Both sexes have a scarlet patch of bare skin around the eye and red legs without a spur or hind toe.
The male is metallic green above with glossy dark blue underparts and a brownish wing panel. The head is adorned with a tall red crest, a white forehead spot and black frontal bristles. The female has pea-green body plumage apart from the brown wing coverts. She has a slate-grey head with the bristles but no spot or crest. The bill is all-dark. Young birds are duller versions of the adult of the same sex. The song is a mournful whistled
si-ul.
The Crested Wood Partridge is usually seen singly or in pairs as it forages on the ground for
fruit,
seeds and
invertebrates. When disturbed, it prefers to run but if necessary it flies a short distance on its rounded wings.
There is some concern about the effect of habitat destruction on this bird, especially with regard to logging. However, it seems to be somewhat more adaptable than other
southeast Asian pheasants. The Crested Wood Partridge is evaluated as Near Threatened on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix III of
CITES.
Gallery
Image:bristol.zoo.crested.wood.partridge.arp.jpg|captive red crested male with two females
Image:Stavenn Rollulus roulroul 00.jpg
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