Rollulus Rouloul
Photographed at
Reid Zoo, Tucson, Arizona Mar 2010
Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida Mar 2011
The Crested Wood Partridge, also known as
the Crested Partridge, is a game bird
in the pheasant family. This small partridge
is a resident breeder in lowland rainforests in south Burma,
south Thailand,
and Malaysia.
The male is blue in body (top photo) and the female is green in body with brown
(photo below).
The crested wood
partridge can live in groups of up to 15 individuals. Breeding pairs dig tunnel
like nests beneath the litter of the forest floor. Offspring can number from
four to eight chicks, which are cared for cooperatively by each parent. Larger
broods may be divided, with each parent caring exclusively for half. Parents
feed chicks for the first week, after which chicks forage for their own food.
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