We were lucky that this other partridge give us a short window opportunity to shoot them
at Gunung Alab. At the bird port I was shooting at a distance of 15-20 feet. So it is good if you bring along your zoom telelens like my fuji XF 100-400mm or the Sony 200-600mm lens.
The red-breasted partridge is also called the Bornean hill partridge. It is endemic to hill and montane forest of Borneo like Gunung Alab Tambunan, Crocker Range and KNP preferring bamboos and thickets environment.
The red-breasted partridge feeds in groups, foraging in thickets, on forest trails and near rivers. Its diet consists of seeds, fruits and insects. It roosts in bushes. Its call is a duet, one bird giving rising chu notes and the other falling cuckoo notes. Its breeding is poorly known.
The red-breasted partridge is about 27 cm (11 in) long and weighs about 270 g (9.5 oz). The crown and nape are blackish, with brown spots. There is a grey or rufous supercilium and a blackish-brown band goes through the eye. The cheeks and throat are rufous. The breast is bright chestnut, sometimes browner, and the belly is whitish. The flanks are black and white. The upperparts are brown, with blackish bars. The eyes are grey, the beak is black, and the legs are pink. There is red bare skin around the throat, usually covered by sparse feathers. The female bird's plumage is a little duller than the male's. (Wiki)
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