Simon says: "Let's meet the Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
The Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)
🏡 Habitat
Found across Israel's Negev , Dead Sea Valley & Eilat Mountains. They thrive in rocky, boulder-strewn slopes & sandy-bottomed wadis up to 2,000 metres elevation. They can survive in extreme arid environments but always stay near water sources, which they visit every morning to drink
🐝 Breeding
Breeding season is from February - August. Nests are simple ground scrapes, sometimes lined with grass or feathers, or just tucked under a bush or rock crevice. Females lay 5-14 pale cream or pinkish eggs & incubate alone for 21-24 days. Chicks fledge at 9-20 days & reach full size by 30 days
🌸 Food
An omnivorous diet: seeds from Acacia trees & desert grasses, berries from Salvadora persica (toothbrush tree) & Commiphora (myrrh), plus insects, especially locusts. They forage along the bottoms of wadis, where seasonal rains create bursts of vegetation.
Fun fact: In later summer & early autumn, families come together to form flocks of up to 70 birds .
📜 Biblical & Cultural Significance
Its Hebrew name is קֹרֵא (qore') - meaning "the caller" or "crier" - a reference to its ringing call, often heard echoing off desert cliffs before the bird is even seen.
David's Fugitive Simile (1 Samuel 26:20)
While fleeing from King Saul near Ein Gedi, David cried out: "The king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains." The comparison is of the partridge escaping danger by running swiftly, dodging behind rocks, hiding in crevices & flying only short distances before dropping back under cover. Like David moving from refuge to refuge.
Partridges were valued as food, their eggs collected by Bedouin tribes for millennia. Hunters used throwing sticks or decoy birds in cages to attract others into snares - a practice referenced in the Apocrypha (Sirach 11:30)
Fun fact: The name "qore'" also appears in the place En Hakkore (Judges 15:19) - "spring of the one who cried"
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🏡 Habitat
Found across Israel's Negev , Dead Sea Valley & Eilat Mountains. They thrive in rocky, boulder-strewn slopes & sandy-bottomed wadis up to 2,000 metres elevation. They can survive in extreme arid environments but always stay near water sources, which they visit every morning to drink
🐝 Breeding
Breeding season is from February - August. Nests are simple ground scrapes, sometimes lined with grass or feathers, or just tucked under a bush or rock crevice. Females lay 5-14 pale cream or pinkish eggs & incubate alone for 21-24 days. Chicks fledge at 9-20 days & reach full size by 30 days
🌸 Food
An omnivorous diet: seeds from Acacia trees & desert grasses, berries from Salvadora persica (toothbrush tree) & Commiphora (myrrh), plus insects, especially locusts. They forage along the bottoms of wadis, where seasonal rains create bursts of vegetation.
Fun fact: In later summer & early autumn, families come together to form flocks of up to 70 birds .
📜 Biblical & Cultural Significance
Its Hebrew name is קֹרֵא (qore') - meaning "the caller" or "crier" - a reference to its ringing call, often heard echoing off desert cliffs before the bird is even seen.
David's Fugitive Simile (1 Samuel 26:20)
While fleeing from King Saul near Ein Gedi, David cried out: "The king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains." The comparison is of the partridge escaping danger by running swiftly, dodging behind rocks, hiding in crevices & flying only short distances before dropping back under cover. Like David moving from refuge to refuge.
Partridges were valued as food, their eggs collected by Bedouin tribes for millennia. Hunters used throwing sticks or decoy birds in cages to attract others into snares - a practice referenced in the Apocrypha (Sirach 11:30)
Fun fact: The name "qore'" also appears in the place En Hakkore (Judges 15:19) - "spring of the one who cried"
#ImagineIsraelTours #SimonOsterTourGuideIsrael #FloraAndFauna #VisitIsrael #TourGuideIsrael #SandPartridge #DesertBirds #NegevWildlife
Want to walk where the Sand Partridge makes its home? Let’s imagine Israel together!
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imagineisrael8@gmail.com
phone/WhatsApp +972 54 2390412
At Imagine Israel Tours we love to notice not just the big moments of history, but also the small details of nature that make Israel unique.
My name is Simon. I've lived in Israel for 20 years & I'm a Tour Guide - originally from the UK - with a brand new, Hyundai Tucson, a luxury 5-seater touring vehicle, fully licensed & insured to carry passengers.
I'm a qualified first-aider & carry a full first aid kit with me at all times.
I have experience driving & guiding all over Israel as an independent tour guide & have been certified as the Amazon Tour Guide for online virtual tours in the North of Israel. I’m an accredited guide for Israel’s National Parks.🌳
- as well as being a coach tour guide for cruise ship passengers coming into Haifa & Ashdod.🚢
(Front-facing toddler car seat, baby car seat, wheelchair &/or 'Rollator' with seat available on request).
My prices include:
*admission fees to many sites
*comprehensive liability insurance
*fuel
*tolls
*car parking
*snacks
*water
*a unique souvenir of your tour with me
Payments accepted via Revolut, credit cards, bank transfer & PayPal.
I can offer tours to suit young & older - from tiny tots, to those who need a more gentle pace, without too much hiking or climbing!
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