Crows (Corvidae)

Pleske's Ground-jay (Podoces pleskei) - HBW 14, p. 610

French: Podoce de Pleske German: Pleskehäher Spanish: Arrendajo Terrestre Iraní
Other common names: Iranian/Persian Ground-jay, Pleske's Ground-chough/Groundpecker

Taxonomy: Podoces pleskei Zarudny, 1896, Alkhor (= Alghur?), Khorasan, Iran.
Forms a species pair with P. panderi, both differing from other two members of genus in lacking black on crown, and in having relatively short uppertail-coverts, pale legs and a blackish breast patch. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Iran.