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The Udzungwa forest partridge (Xenoperdix udzungwensis) is a bird found in Tanzania. Found in Tanzania. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Udzungwa forest partridge lives

Found in Tanzania.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Questions about the Udzungwa forest partridge

Where does the Udzungwa forest partridge live?

The Udzungwa forest partridge lives in Tanzania. Found in Tanzania.

What does the Udzungwa forest partridge eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), seeds and nuts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Udzungwa forest partridge endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Africa

• Red-billed oxpecker
• African spoonbill
• Southern double-collared sunbird
• Black-crowned tchagra
• Natal spurfowl
• Pied starling

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.