The Green-legged Partridge is a forest-dwelling Asian pheasant. A study in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, recorded ground nests with females incubating alone.
This is a relatively small galliform, weighing about 260–350 g. The paper describes it as inhabiting dense lowland and submontane evergreen forest.
Green-legged Partridges inhabit Southeast Asian forests, including evergreen and bamboo forest. They forage on the ground by day and roost in trees at night, sometimes huddling on a branch as pairs or family groups.
A 2020 paper reported tracking in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, in 2009–10. Roosting observations covered six groups and 161 nights. The birds used 75 different trees, with perches averaging 3.2 metres above ground.
A female with very young chicks was also observed brooding them on the ground between tree buttresses. At about three weeks, chicks roosted under her wings on elevated perches. By about two months, they perched separately but near their parents. Night-time arrangements changed as the chicks grew.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The Khao Yai researchers recommend maintaining structurally complex forest because daytime feeding and night roosting use different vegetation. They propose protecting, maintaining and improving large patches of suitable habitat.