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Photo by rony_roshtov
Negev, Israel, February 2005

Ammomanes cinctura

Previously known as Ammomanes cincturus.

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Europe. Africa, Middle East, Asia: Europe: Italy, Malta
Northern Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt
Western Africa: Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad
Eastern Africa: Sudan
African Islands: Cape Verde Islands
Middle East: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies.

• A. c. cinctura:

• Cape Verde Islands

• A. c. arenicolor (pallens):

• Deserts of North Africa to Sinai Peninsula and Arabia

• A. c. zarudnyi:

• Deserts of eastern Iran to southern Afghanistan and southern Pakistan

[edit] Habitat

Hot deserts, hamada.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links