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 LC    Mongolian Ground-Jay* Id (Atlas):
    Podoces hendersoni

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Mongolian Ground-Jay, Henderson's Ground-jay, Black-tailed Ground-jay, Henderson's Ground-chough, Mongolian Desert Jay, Henderson's Ground Jay

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
30.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hume, 1871

Habitat
Temperate desert. From 2,000 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland), Russia (Asian).

Vagrant to Kazakhstan.

South-central Russia (Tuva) and western and southern Mongolia south to north-western and northern China (south to Tien Shan, east to north-eastern Qinghai, northern Gansu, western Inner Mongolia and Ningxia).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Henderson's Ground Jay (Podoces hendersoni) [XC491473]
     by Peter Boesman from Semi-desert west of Golmud, Qinghai, China (call)

 
Henderson's Ground Jay (Podoces hendersoni) [XC687293]
     by Stanislas Wroza from Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a species pair with Xinjiang Ground-Jay (Podoces biddulphi). The two are sometimes united in a separate genus, Eupodoces, differing from other two members of genus in having black on crown, relatively long uppertail-coverts and dark legs, and lacking blackish breast patch.


References
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