Nahan's Partridge is a small brown bird found at only a handful of locations in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is known for a red eye ring and for using a locally named “God's tree” to roost and nest.
This small brown bird has a striking red eye ring.
Nahan’s Partridges live in lowland forests, including riverine and swampy areas, and hold territories. Their lives take place close to the ground beneath trees and undergrowth. Records from separate African forests document the geographical spread of their occurrence.
A 2026 paper reported images from southeastern Cameroon as new records of Nahan’s Partridge. Between May 2016 and December 2023, six cameras each recorded one detection event during three surveys. The records came from forests managed for timber production.
These sites lie more than a thousand kilometres west of the previously documented range. Photographs and videos from cameras near the ground added a distant set of locality records. The authors proposed revising distribution maps and forest conservation planning in light of these detections.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The Cameroon records identify conservation-relevant bird habitat in timber-production forests outside formal protected areas. The 2026 authors recommend surveys in surrounding forests and investigation of connections among populations. Landscape planning is relevant where forest management priorities may change.