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.תורופא-תולוחכ תוינוציחה היפנכ תוצונ .ריהב רפרפא-בהבהצ-םוח ןוילעה הפוג יקלח ,הלדוגב תינוניב רות :תעבטה רות .תונבל היפנכ תיתחת .ןוחגהו רטנסה ןבולב םיעמטנה דורו-ןמגרא עבצב הזחו הראוצ ,השאר .תורופא הבנז זכרמ תוצנ .םימוד םיגיוזה ינש .ינמגרא םודא עבצב הילגרו רוחש רוקמה ,ריהב רופא ןיעה ביבס ףושחה רועה ,המודא ןיעה תעבט .בזכא ילחנ לש םיילוח םיצורעו םייתנוע םיחמצ םע חותפ רבדמ וא ,םיינצוק םיחיש ךבס םע םישבי םירוזא הלודיג תיב .םימ אלל הכורא הפוקת םייקתהל תלוכי הל שי הרקמ לכב .םימ רוקממ מ"ק 25 כ דע דימת .תליא דיל הברעה םורדב הרידנ יארקאב תרקבמ ץראב 12 'ב םירישה ריש ... ונצראב עמשנ רותה לוקו ... | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
S. r. roseotrisea SW Mauritania and Senegal, Gambia E through Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan to W Ethiopia. S. r. arabica coasal Erirea and Somalia, and Arabia to S Yemen.. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.25 cm, 130-165 g, wingspan 38-42 cm. Upperparts pale greyish fawn, outermost secondary coverts and primary coverts blue-grey, primaries black. two central rectrices greyish drab.Head, neck and breast mauve-pink merging into white on chin and belly. Underwing coverts white, outermost rectrices grey above with white tips but black below and white tipped. Iris red, orbital skin pale grey, bill black, legs purplish red. Sexes alike. Race arabica usually darker with pale grey underwing coverts. Habitat.Dry zones of xerophilous thorn bush scrub, or open desert with annual grasses, also occupies sandy river beds and farmland, never more than 25 km from a water source. (However, appears capable of surviving long periods without water). Generally found below 1000 mFood and FeedingDiet mainlly based on seeds of grasses and other plants, also takes other vegetable matter, insects and some snails.Food taken on the ground, encountered in pairs or groups of up to 20 and sometimes in flocks of hundreds by water sources. Breeding.Around the year in Senegal, Gambia and Mali. Sep-Oct in Chad, Dec-Jun in Sudan and Des-Feb in Ethiopia. Nest is frail, open cup in a tree or bush, on average 3 m above the ground. Usually nest up to 20 km from the nearest water source.1-2 white eggs, incubation 15 days. Movements.Sedentary in most of its range, but populations at N and S limits are migratory. Large movements in flocks have been observed in Mali at beginning and end of wet season.Non-breeding migrants visit Nigeria in dry season between mid-Oct and May. They remain in thorn-scrub savanna and then leave with onset of summer rains. Other Nigerian populations resident. Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. Abundant in parts of range.Israel.In Israel subspecies S. r. arabica. Accidental winter visitor near Eilat (southern Arava). |
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