Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Alectoris > Alectoris philbyiAlectoris philbyi (Philby's Partridge)Philby's partridge or Philby's rock partridge (Alectoris philbyi), is a relative of the chukar, red-legged partridge and barbary partridges and is native to southwestern Arabia and northern Yemen. Although similar in appearance to other Alectoris species, Philby's partridge can be distinguished by its black cheeks and throat. Although not currently listed as an endangered species, the Arab Spring and destruction of its fragile habitat in the tribal areas of Northern Yemen had led to concerns about the survival of this species. The name commemorates the British explorer St John Philby. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.52 EDGE Score: 1.70838 |
Adult Weight [1] | 441 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | Diet - Plants [2] | 40 % | Diet - Seeds [2] | 30 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [3] | 6 |
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Location |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Jabal al-Nabi Shu'ayb |
Yemen |
A2, B2, B3 |
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Jabal Sumarah: Wadi Rafood: Wadi Bana |
Yemen |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Kawkaban: Shibam |
Yemen |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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National Wildlife Research Center and environs, Taif |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 |
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Raydah escarpment |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Taif escarpment |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A2, A3, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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Wadi Turabah and Jabal Ibrahim |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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