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{{short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Ammoperdix griseogularis.jpg
| image_caption = [[See-see partridge]] (''A. griseogularis'')
| name = ''Ammoperdix''
| taxon = Ammoperdix
| authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1851
| type_species = ''[[Sand partridge|Perdix heyi]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=11 |title= Phasianidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = Temminck, 1825
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[[Ammoperdix griseogularis]]''<br>
''[[Ammoperdix heyi]]''
}}

'''''Ammoperdix''''' is a small genus in the pheasant family [[Phasianidae]] of the order [[Galliformes]].  
==Species==
It contains two similar species:
{{Species table |genus= Ammoperdix |authority-name= [[John Gould|Gould]] |authority-year=1851 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row
|name=See-see partridge |binomial=[[Ammoperdix griseogularis]]
|image=File:Tiho-تیهو - panoramio.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Brandt, JF |authority-year=1843 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=  southeast Turkey through Syria and Iraq east to Iran and Pakistan
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Sand partridge |binomial=[[Ammoperdix heyi]]
|image=File:Ammoperdix heyi 4 (1).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Ammoperdix heyi 02.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Temminck |authority-year=1825 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=  southeast Turkey and east to Pakistan
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/end}}


The see-see partridge occurs in southwest [[Asia]], and the sand partridge in [[Egypt]] and the [[Middle East]]. Both are resident breeders in dry, open country, often in hill areas.

Both [[partridge]]s in this genus are {{Convert|22–25|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, rotund [[bird]]s. They are mainly sandy brown, with wavy white and brown stripes on their flanks. The males have distinctively-patterned grey heads, but the females are very washed-out in comparison, and this lack of a distinctive head pattern makes it more difficult to distinguish their species.

When disturbed, ''Ammoperdix'' partridges prefer to run rather than take to the air, but if necessary they will fly a short distance on rounded wings.

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

{{Pangalliformes|Pha.|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Ammoperdix| ]]
[[Category:Bird genera]]
[[Category:Birds of West Asia| ]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Gould]]