Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 23, 2015
Text last updated October 23, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Арабски кеклик |
| Catalan | perdiu de corona negra |
| Czech | orebice černohlavá |
| Dutch | Arabische Steenpatrijs |
| English | Arabian Partridge |
| English (United States) | Arabian Partridge |
| French | Perdrix à tête noire |
| French (France) | Perdrix à tête noire |
| German | Schwarzkopf-Steinhuhn |
| Icelandic | Giljahæna |
| Japanese | アラビアイワシャコ |
| Norwegian | araberhøne |
| Polish | góropatwa arabska |
| Russian | Черноголовый кеклик |
| Serbian | Arabijska kamenjarka |
| Slovak | kuropta čiernohlavá |
| Slovenian | Arabska kotorna |
| Spanish | Perdiz Árabe |
| Spanish (Spain) | Perdiz árabe |
| Swedish | arabisk rödhöna |
| Turkish | Arabistan Kekliği |
| Ukrainian | Кеклик чорноголовий |
Alectoris melanocephala (Rüppell, 1835)
PROTONYM:
Perdix melanocephala
Rüppell, 1835. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel, p.11 pl.5.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mountains near Jiddah, Arabia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ALECTORIS
- melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Arabian Partridge
