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 LC    Sand Partridge* Id (Atlas):
    Ammoperdix heyi

Description (10)
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Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
22 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, hot desert. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Oman (B), Palestinian Authority Territories (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Sudan, Syria (B), United Arab Emirates (B), Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Lebanon.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi) [XC128533]
     by Thomas L\u00fcthi from Amram Columns, Hevel Eilot, Southern District, Israel (song)

 
Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi) [XC322375]
     by David Darrell-Lambert from Dead Sea Region, Be'er Sheva, South District, Israel (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies intermedia sometimes included within nominate heyi.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • heyi (Temminck, 1825)   -  Jordan Valley south to Sinai Peninsula and through western Saudi Arabia.
  • nicolli Hartert, 1919   -  Northern Egypt, east of R Nile, south to central Egypt.
  • cholmleyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1897   -  Central Egypt, east of R Nile, south to northern Sudan.
  • intermedius Hartert, 1917   -  Southern Arabia, from Aden east to Muscat, Oman, and Musundam Peninsula (UAE).



References
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Files:
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