What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Sand Partridge been recorded?

Ammoperdix heyi occurrence evidence comes from 19 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1953 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

Sand Partridge
Sand Partridge — Photo (display-sized rendition): מינוזיג - MinoZig · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesGalliformesPhasianidaeAmmoperdix

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

19 records across 5 countries and territories, 1953–2026.

Ammoperdix heyi · GBIF taxon key 2473733

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19532026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Sand Partridge has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Sand Partridge. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Israel 11
Oman 4
Jordan 2
Egypt 1
United States 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.