houbara bustard hunting Pakistan

Taloor (Houbara Bustard) Bird Hunting – Hobby of Arabian Sheikhs.

Taloor ((Houbara Bustard) ) is the name of bird found in desert of Sindh. Basically this bird migrated from Siberia in winter season and stop in desert of Sindh due to favorable climate and food. This bird is more or less look like a local chicken.

 

For the hunting of this bird UAE Sheikhs are coming to Pakistan Sindh desert through special charter flights of C130 and other planes on Kadanwari Airport specially built for this purpose although some private companies also using this air port for their charter flights.

 

 

In the middle of desert Sheikhs developed Zoo to secure nature of desert without disturbing its natural shape. In this Zoo you can see different types of Deers, Rabbits, goats, ships, buffalos and Falcon’s. This is a very well planned zoo and fully barricaded with fence. The food for all animals produced in fields, these fields are the part of Zoo. The owner of this Zoo Shekh Salman also developed Gardens’ of dates and oranges. Uniqueness of these gardens is that you can see straight line of the trees in any angle. We have visited this zoo with my friends accompanied by Shaikh Salman. We drive for three hours in this area to see different views.

Sheikh entertains us with Rose tea and barriers locally grown. The barriers have very good taste and also good for man strength.

 

Chakwal Punjab Pakistan, The Heaven of Partridges

Grey partridge ( Perdix perdix )

Pcientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Horsfield , 1821
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Horsfield , 1821

Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group. These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails . Partridges are native to Europe, Asia , Africa and the Middle East. Partridges are ground-nesting seed-eaters. 

 

 

According to Greek legend, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix, off the sacred hill of Athena in a fit of jealous rage . Supposedly mindful of his fall, the bird does not build its nest in the trees, nor take lofty flights and avoids high places.

Partridges appear as part of the first gift listed in the Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas ".as such, "A partridge in a pear tree" is sung as the last line of each verse. Richard Bache encouraged partridge propagation in 1790 and stocked partridges at his
plantation in Beverly, New Jersey. Partridges have also been used as a symbol that represents Kurdish nationalism. It is called Kew . Sherko Kurmanj discusses the paradox of symbols in Iraq as an attempt to make a distinction between the Kurds and the Arabs. He says that while Iraqis generally regards the palm tree, falcon, and sword as their national symbols, the Kurds
consider the Oak, Partridge, and dagger as theirs.

                        Species list in taxonomic order Genus Ptilopachus Stone partridge, PtilopPartridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group. These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails . Partridges are native to Europe , Asia , Africa and the Middle East. Partridges are ground-nesting seed eaters.

According to Greek legend, the first partridge appeared when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix , off the sacred hill of Athena in a fit of jealous rage . Supposedly mindful of his fall, the bird does not build its nest in the trees, nor take lofty flights and avoids high places.

Partridges appear as part of the first gift listed in the Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas ". As such, "A partridge in a pear tree" is sung as the last line of each verse. Richard Bache encouraged partridge propagation in 1790 and stocked partridges at his plantation in Beverly, New Jersey . Partridges have also been used as a symbol that represents Kurdish nationalism. It is called Kew . Sherko Kurmanj discusses the paradox of symbols in Iraq as an attempt to make a distinction between the Kurds and the Arabs. He says that while Iraqis generally regards the palm tree, falcon, and sword as their national symbols, the Kurds consider the Oak, Partridge, and dagger as theirs.  Species list in taxonomic order:-

 

1.     Genus Ptilopachus Stone partridge,

2.     Ptilopachus petrosus Nahan's partridge,

3.     Ptilopachus nahani Genus Lerwa Snow partridge,

4.     Lerwa lerwa Genus Tetraophasis Verreaux's monal-partridge ,

5.     Tetraophasis obscures Szechenyi's monal-partridge ,

6.     Tetraophasis szechenyii

7.     Genus Alectoris Arabian partridge,

8.     Alectoris melanocephala Przevalski's partridge,

9.     Alectoris magna Rock partridge,

10.  Alectoris graeca Chukar ,

11.  Alectoris chukar Philby's partridge,

12.  Alectoris philbyi Barbary partridge,

13.  Alectoris Barbara Red-legged partridge,

14.   Alectoris rufa Genus Ammoperdix See-see partridge,

15.  Ammoperdix griseogularis Sand partridge,

16.  Ammoperdix heyi Genus Perdix Grey partridge,

17.   Perdix perdix Daurian partridge,

18.  Perdix dauurica Tibetan partridge,

19.   Perdix hodgsoniae Genus Rhizothera Long-billed partridge,

20.   Rhizothera longirostris Hose's partridge، Rhizothera dulitensis Genus Margaroperdix Madagascar partridge,

21.  Margaroperdix madagascarensis Genus Melanoperdix Black wood partridge ,

22.   Melanoperdix nigra Genus Xenoperdix Rubeho forest partridge,

23.  Xenoperdix obscuratus Udzungwa forest partridge,

24.   Xenoperdix udzungwensis Genus Arborophila , the Hill partridge,

25.   Arborophila torqueola Sichuan partridge,

26.  Arborophila rufipectus Chestnut-breasted partridge ,

27.   Arborophila mandellii White-necklaced partridge,

28.  Arborophila gingica Rufous-throated partridge,

29.  Arborophila rufogularis White-cheeked partridge,

30.   Arborophila atrogularis Taiwan partridge,

31.  Arborophila crudigularis Hainan partridge,

32.  Arborophila ardens Chestnut-bellied partridge ,

33.   Arborophila javanica Grey-breasted partridge,

34.   Arborophila orientalis Bar-backed partridge,

35.   Arborophila brunneopectus Orange-necked partridge ,

36.  Arborophila davidi Chestnut-headed partridge,

37.   Arborophila cambodiana Red-breasted partridge,

38.  Arborophila hyperythra Red-billed partridge,

39.  Arborophila rubrirostris Scaly-breasted partridge ,

40.   Arborophila chloropus Chestnut-necklaced partridge,

41.   Arborophila charltonii Sumatran partridge,

42.  Arborophila sumatrana Vietnam partridge,

43.   Arborophila merlini Genus Caloperdix Ferruginous partridge,

44.   Caloperdix oculea Genus Haematortyx Crimson-headed partridge,

45.   Haematortyx sanguiniceps Genus Rollulus Crested partridge,

46.  Rollulus roulroul Genus Bambusicola Mountain bmboo partridge,

47.  Bambusicola fytchii Chinese bamboo partridge,

48.  Bambusicola thoracicaachus petrosus Nahan's partridge,

49.  Ptilopachus nahani Genus Lerwa Snow partridge,

50.   Lerwa lerwa Genus Tetraophasis Verreaux's monal-partridge ,

51.   Tetraophasis obscures Szechenyi's monal-partridge ,

52.   Tetraophasis szechenyii  Genus Alectoris Arabian partridge,

53.  Alectoris melanocephala Przevalski's partridge,

54.  Alectoris magna Rock partridge,

55.  Alectoris graeca Chukar ,

56.  Alectoris chukar Philby's partridge,

57.  Alectoris philbyi Barbary partridge,

58.  Alectoris Barbara Red-legged partridge,

59.  Alectoris rufa Genus Ammoperdix See-see partridge,

60.   Ammoperdix griseogularis Sand partridge,

61.  Ammoperdix heyi Genus Perdix Grey partridge,

62.   Perdix perdix Daurian partridge,

63.   Perdix dauurica Tibetan partridge,

64.   Perdix hodgsoniae Genus Rhizothera Long-billed partridge,

65.   Rhizothera longirostris Hose's partridge،

66.   Rhizothera dulitensis Genus Margaroperdix Madagascar partridge,

67.  Margaroperdix madagascarensis Genus Melanoperdix Black wood partridge ,

68.   Melanoperdix nigra Genus Xenoperdix Rubeho forest partridge,

69.   Xenoperdix obscuratus Udzungwa forest partridge,

70.  Xenoperdix udzungwensis Genus Arborophila , the  Hill partridge,

71.   Arborophila torqueola Sichuan partridge,

72.  Arborophila rufipectus Chestnut-breasted partridge ,

73.  Arborophila mandellii White-necklaced partridge,

74.  Arborophila gingica Rufous-throated partridge,

75.   Arborophila rufogularis White-cheeked partridge,

76.   Arborophila atrogularis Taiwan partridge,

77.   Arborophila crudigularis Hainan partridge,

78.  Arborophila ardens Chestnut-bellied partridge ,

79.  Arborophila javanica Grey-breasted partridge,

80.   Arborophila orientalis Bar-backed partridge,

81.   Arborophila brunneopectus Orange-necked partridge ,

82.  Arborophila davidi Chestnut-headed partridge,

83.  Arborophila cambodiana Red-breasted partridge,

84.  Arborophila hyperythra Red-billed partridge,

85.  Arborophila rubrirostris Scaly-breasted partridge ,

86.  Arborophila chloropus Chestnut-necklaced partridge,

87.   Arborophila charltonii Sumatran partridge,

88.   Arborophila sumatrana Vietnam partridge,

89.   Arborophila merlini Genus Caloperdix Ferruginous partridge,

90.   Caloperdix oculea Genus Haematortyx Crimson-headed partridge,

91.   Haematortyx sanguiniceps Genus Rollulus Crested partridge,

92.   Rollulus roulroul Genus Bambusicola Mountain bamboo partridge,

93.   Bambusicola fytchii Chinese bamboo partridge.