Crows (Corvidae)

Henderson's Ground-jay (Podoces hendersoni) - HBW 14, p. 609

French: Podoce de Henderson German: Mongolenhäher Spanish: Arrendajo Terrestre Mongol
Other common names: Mongolian/Black-tailed Ground-jay, Henderson's Ground-chough, Mongolian Desert Jay

Taxonomy: Podoces Hendersoni Hume, 1871, no locality = between Sanju and Koshtak, Xinjiang, China.
Forms a species pair with P. biddulphi; the two are sometimes united in a separate genus, Eupodoces, differing from other two members of genus in having black on crown, relatively long uppertail-coverts and dark legs, and lacking blackish breast patch. Monotypic.

Distribution: SC Russia (Tuva) and W & S Mongolia S to NW & N China (S to Tien Shan, E to NE Qinghai, N Gansu, W Inner Mongolia and Ningxia).