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Sand Partridge
Sand Partridge
Sand Partridge




Ammoperdix heyi
Ammoperdix heyi
Ammoperdix heyi


לארשי

 .וניע דיל ןבל םתכו ההכ רופא ושארו לוחה עבצב רכזה .וילשהמ לודגו הלגוחהמ ןטק :ירבדמ ארוק
.םיבוהצ םילגרהו רוקמה ,םיידולחו םירוחש םיספ ופוג ידיצב
.םידרדרו םיוקב תטטרושמו המוח הבקנה
.היחמצ ילדו םירתובמ םייעלס ,םיירבדמ יצח וא םיירבדמ םירוזא ולודיג תיב
.בגנבו הברעב ,ןדריה תעקבב יוצמו ביצי ץראב
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Subspecies and Distribution.
A. h. heyi Israel S to Sinai Peninsula and through Jordan to Saudi Aabia.
A. h. nicolle Egypt.
A. h. cholmleyi C Egypt to Sudan.
A. h. intermedia S Arabia from Aden to Muscat, and Oman.

Descriptive notes.

20-25 cm, 180 g wingspan 40 cm.
Male differs from A. griseogularis , by chestnut throat and lack of pale neck spots, white marks on face lack black edges.
Female sandier and greyer than male, with fewer markings, similar to that of A. griseogularis, but has pinkish bars, rather than white spots, on side of neck.
Juveniles of both sexes apparently resemble adult female.
Races differ in strength of overall coloring, with S races darker, and in presence or absence, and size, of white marks on forehead and lores of males, cholmleyi and nicolli generally lack pale line on forehead and white loral spot.

Habitat.

Usually semi-desert and desert, on steep, rocky slopes with scattered vegetation, boulder strewn, sandy bottomed wadis near hills and in hills, up to 2000 m, and down to 400 m below sea-level in Dead Sea in Israel.

Food and Feeding

Mixed diet of seeds, berries and insects.
During periods of summer, berries dominate diet. Also bulbs and green leaves.

Breeding.

Apr in N Africa and apparently in Apr in Arabian Peninsula.
Probably monogamous. Nests is a shallow scrape under cover of bush or rock.
5-7 eggs, Chicks have pale buff down above, whitish below.

Movements.

No information available.

Status and Conservation.

Not globally threatened. Common and widespread..

Israel.

In Israel subspecies A. h. heyi. Common resident, from Eilat through Arava margins, central Negev to Judean Desert and Jordan River.

A. h. heyi
(in Israel)

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