Tibetan Partridge

The Tibetan partridge is 28–31cm long and differs somewhat from other Perdix partridges such as the grey and Daurian partridges. It has the brown back, blackish belly patch and chestnut flanks of its relatives, but a striking black and white face pattern: the forehead, broad supercilium, face and throat are white, a broad black stripe runs down the face from below the eyes, and a broad chestnut collar wraps the hind neck. Neither sex has spurs (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found widely across the Tibetan Plateau, with some variation in plumage across populations. It forages on the ground in sparsely vegetated high-altitude regions, in pairs in summer and in larger groups outside the breeding season. It does not migrate, though it moves to lower desert plains in winter and may ascend to the snowline in summer, and nests tend to be close to paths (Wikipedia, general species account).