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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Alectoris melanocephala
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- Alectoris melanocephala
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- Alectoris melanocephala
- taxon common name
- perdiz-arábica
- litter size
- 6.3
- egg incubation period
- 24
- short name
- A. melanocephala
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Encyclopedic overview
The Arabian partridge (Alectoris melanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae, native to the southern Arabian Peninsula. Two subspecies are recognised, A. m. melanocephala and A. m. guichardi. It sometimes hybridises with Philby's partridge (Alectoris philbyi) and with the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca).
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arabian Partridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.