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Pterocles alchata
Photo by rony_roshtov
Location: Negev, Israel

Identification

31–39 cm long. Head and upperparts yellowish-green, underparts white with a chestnut breast band, green neck. Sexes are similar, but the female is shorter tailed than the male.

Distribution

Iberia and southern France, northwest Africa, southeast Turkey east to Kazakhstan.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Dry open treeless plains and similar habitats.

Behaviour

Its nest is a ground scrape into which 2 or 3 creamy eggs are laid. Both sexes incubate.

Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn. The call is a loud gatar-gatar.


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