sand partridge
ammoperdix heyi latin

The head pattern is the best distinction from Sand Partridge.

The Sand Partridge takes a wide variety of seeds and some insect food.

When disturbed, Sand Partridge prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings.

Habitat as Sand Partridge.

The Sand Partridge is a rotund bird, mainly sandy-brown with wavy white and brown flank stripes.

Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)

It is closely related and similar to its counterpart in Egypt and Arabia, the Sand Partridge, Ammoperdix heyi.

The Sand Partridge, Ammoperdix heyi, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

SAND PARTRIDGE Ammoperdix heyi.

The See-see Partridge occurs in southwest Asia, and the Sand Partridge in Egypt and the Middle East.

Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)