Editing See-see partridge

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{{Speciesbox
| image = See-see Partridge, Ammoperdix griseogularis (5829563744).jpg
| name = See-see partridge
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Ammoperdix griseogularis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22678652A85924042 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678652A85924042.en}}</ref>
| genus = Ammoperdix
| species = griseogularis
| authority = ([[Johann Friedrich von Brandt|Brandt, JF]], 1843)
}}

The '''see-see partridge''' ('''''Ammoperdix griseogularis''''') is a [[gamebird]] in the pheasant family [[Phasianidae]] of the order [[Galliformes]], gallinaceous birds.

This [[partridge]] has its main native range from southeast [[Turkey]] through [[Syria]] and [[Iraq]] east to [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]]. It is closely related and similar to its counterpart in [[Egypt]] and [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]], the [[sand partridge]], ''Ammoperdix heyi''.

This 22–25&nbsp;cm [[bird]] is a resident breeder in dry, open and often hilly country. It nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 8-16 eggs. The see-see partridge takes a wide variety of seeds and some insect food.

See-see partridge is a rotund bird, mainly sandy-brown with wavy white and brown flank stripes.  The male has a grey head with a black stripe through the eye and a white cheek patch. The neck sides are speckled with white. The head pattern is the best distinction from sand partridge.

The female is a very washed-out version of the male, and is more difficult to distinguish from its relative due to the weak head pattern.

Usually it is seen in pairs or, at the most, in flocks of two to four birds. But flocks of more than fifty birds have also been seen.<ref>{{cite report|last1=Khaliq|first1=Imran|last2=Babar|first2=Muhammad|last3=Riaz|first3=Maria|last4=Khan|first4=Aleem Ahmed|title=''Genetic diversity in see-see partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis, Galliformes) populations from sub-Himalayan Mountain ranges of Pakistan''|date=July 2010|url=http://www.naturalsciences.be/institute/associations/rbzs_website/bjz/back/pdf/BJZ_140_2/Khaliq_Babar_Riaz_Khan_140_2.pdf|access-date=8 May 2013}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

When disturbed, see-see partridge prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings. The song is a whistled ''hwit-hwit-hwit''.

==References==
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* ''Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse'' by Madge and McGowan, {{ISBN|0-7136-3966-0}}

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[[Category:Ammoperdix|see-see partridge]]
[[Category:Birds of Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Birds of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Birds of Central Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1843|see-see partridge]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt]]