Philby's Partridge
Alectoris philbyiLowe, PR, 1934
English (US) Philby's Partridge
The Philby's Partridge (Alectoris philbyi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: rocky desert of southwestern Saudi Arabia and northern YemenRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Alectoris philbyi
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Philby's Partridge
- Described by
- Lowe, PR, 1934
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alectoris philby
- Described by
- Lowe, PR, 1934
- Type locality
- Taif district, near Mecca, Arabia
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 55, no.380 p.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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