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[[Image:See see Partridge.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Seyed+Babak+Musavi|Seyed Babak Musavi}}<br />Gaz river [[Iran]], May 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Ammoperdix|Ammoperdix]] griseogularis
 
;[[:Category:Ammoperdix|Ammoperdix]] griseogularis
[[Image:See see Partridge.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Seyed Babak Musavi<br />Photo taken: Gaz river in Iran.]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
22-25 cm bird.  Rounded body, sandy-brown, wavy white and brown flank stripes, grey head with a black stripe through the eye and a white cheek patch. The neck sides are speckled with white. The female is a much duller version of the male.
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22-25 cm
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*Rounded body
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*Sandy-brown plumage
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*Wavy white and brown flank stripes
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*Grey head
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*Black stripe through the eye
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*White cheek patch
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*White spleckling on neck sides<br />
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'''Female''' is much duller
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====Similar Species====
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[[Image:See-see partridge Mother Babies.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female with Juveniles <br />Photo by {{user|ghaffar|ghaffar}}<br />Hormozgan, Bastak, Kookherd, Nerg e Gol modonu, [[Iran]], July 2010]]
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[[Sand Partridge]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Southeast [[Turkey]], [[Syria]], [[Iraq]],  [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]].
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Arid south-east [[Turkey]], [[Syria]], [[Iraq]],  [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Dry, open and hilly country.
 
Dry, open and hilly country.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes seeds and insects.
 
The diet includes seeds and insects.
 
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====Breeding====
 
It nests in a ground scrape and 8-16 eggs are laid.
 
It nests in a ground scrape and 8-16 eggs are laid.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Ammoperdix griseogularis" {{!}} "See-see Partridge" }}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ammoperdix]]

Latest revision as of 10:39, 7 May 2023

Photo by Seyed Babak Musavi
Gaz river Iran, May 2006
Ammoperdix griseogularis

Identification

22-25 cm

  • Rounded body
  • Sandy-brown plumage
  • Wavy white and brown flank stripes
  • Grey head
  • Black stripe through the eye
  • White cheek patch
  • White spleckling on neck sides

Female is much duller

Similar Species

Female with Juveniles
Photo by ghaffar
Hormozgan, Bastak, Kookherd, Nerg e Gol modonu, Iran, July 2010

Sand Partridge

Distribution

Arid south-east Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Dry, open and hilly country.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds and insects.

Breeding

It nests in a ground scrape and 8-16 eggs are laid.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Wikipedia

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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