Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| 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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Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 23, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 23, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.arapar1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 23, 2015
- Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.