Iranian Ground Jay
Podoces pleskeiZarudny, NA, 1896
English (US) Iranian Ground Jay
The Iranian Ground Jay (Podoces pleskei) 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 Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: desert steppes of central and eastern IranRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Podoces pleskei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Iranian Ground Jay
- Described by
- Zarudny, NA, 1896
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Zarudny, NA, 1896
- Type locality
- 'Alkor', eastern Iran.
- Original description
- Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1 p.XII
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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