Philby's stone hen
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Philby's stone fowl |
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| Lowe , 1934 |
Philby's rock partridge ( Alectoris philbyi ), named after Harry St. John Philby , is a bird art from the family of pheasant-like (Phasianidae) used to order the chicken birds heard (Galliformes).
It is an endemic species in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula . It lives on rocky mountain slopes and gorges overgrown with grass and low shrubbery from an altitude of 1,500 meters. It is most common in mountainous areas above 2,400 meters.
The clutch of the Philby's stone chicken consists of five to eight eggs. The chicks hatch after an incubation period of 25 to 26 days.
literature
- Heinz-Sigurd Raethel : quail, partridge, stone fowl, francoline and relatives. Reutlingen publishing house, Reutlingen 1996, ISBN 3-88627-155-2 .
Web links
Commons : Philby's Steinhuhn ( Alectoris philbyi ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Alectoris philbyi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2014.