Archive for the ‘Phasianidae’ Category

• Ring-necked pheasant

  Aug 3 | Pheasants | Little Stint | 161 Views | with Comments Off on Ring-necked pheasant

  The Ring-necked pheasant – Phasianus colchicus or Common Pheasant is a large sized ground bird of Type – landfowl, Family Phasianidae and Order Galliformes. Originally from Asia, the Ring-necked pheasant has now been...

• Double-spurred francolin

  Aug 3 | Francolins | Little Stint | 151 Views | with Comments Off on Double-spurred francolin

  The Double-spurred francolin – Pternistis bicalcaratus or Double-spurred spurfowl is a medium sized sedentary gamebird of Type – landfowl, Family Phasianidae and Order Galliformes. It is native to tropical West Africa...

• Grey francolin

  Jul 2 | Francolins | Little Stint | 1011 Views | with No Comments

  The Grey francolin – (Francolinus pondicerianus) is a medium sized round gamebird. It is resident from the Arabian Gulf coasts across S Pakistan and most of India to N Sri Lanka. In the AWB Region it is resident across S...

• Black francolin

  Jul 2 | Francolins | Little Stint | 1025 Views | with No Comments

  The Black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is a medium sized round gamebird. It is resident across an extended band of Southern Asia from Turkey to Eastern Bangladesh. In the AWB Region it is resident in Lebanon, Cyprus, the...

• Barbary partridge

  Jul 2 | Partridges | Little Stint | 1032 Views | with No Comments

  The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara)  is a round medium sized game bird. It is native to the Northern Maghreb states, from where it gets its name from ‘The Barbary Coast’. It is also resident in Gibraltar,...

• Chukar

  Jul 1 | Chukars | Little Stint | 1035 Views | with No Comments

  The Chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a round medium sized Partridge game bird, that has a preference for dry open rocky hillsides. It ranges across temperate Asia from Turkey to the Far East. In the AWB Region it it is resident in...

• Phasianidae – Pheasants+

  Jun 30 | Phasianidae | Little Stint | 990 Views | with No Comments

  The Phasianidae – Pheasants+ include Chukars, Francolins, Partridges, Pheasants and Quail, it is a large collection of game birds only some of which are found in the AWB Region. Below is a list of the most common...

• Common quail

  Jun 30 | Quails | Little Stint | 1003 Views | with No Comments

  The Common quail (Coturnix coturnix) is a small game bird but being a migratory species it has relatively longer wings than the typical game bird. It breeds widely over Western Eurasia. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder in...

• Sand partridge

  Jun 30 | Partridges | Little Stint | 1070 Views | with No Comments

  The Sand partridge (Ammoperdix heyi) is a small gamebird. It is widespread across Arabia from Palestine and Jordan Southwards into Saudi Arabia, The UAE, Yemen and Oman. It is also resident from Sinai down the Red...