Hill Partridge

The hill partridge, also called the common or necklaced hill partridge, is roughly 27–30cm long and weighs 230g (small female) to 390g (large male). Males have ornate markings, with an orange crown and face set against a black head and streaked throat. Eggs are white, and incubation is unrecorded in wild birds but reported as 24 days in captive birds (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its range spans a narrow band from the western Himalayas to northern Vietnam, including India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Indian populations breed between April and June. It is mostly seen in pairs or small coveys of up to ten, which may be family groups. The nest is a ball of available material with a lined shallow scrape at the centre (Wikipedia, general species account).