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Credit: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE

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Comments: Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena). S106 Road East of Orpen, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

 

Credit: Dave Curtis

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Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse 111106 Pterocles lichtensteinii

This is one of the males in the small flock we encountered in Shaba, Kenya.

Partridge — Although very common in the Holy Land, the partridge (Hebrew קרא qôrê' - Strongs: H7124) is mentioned only three times in the Bible: 1Sa 26:20 alludes to chasing it on the mountains; Jeremiah 17:11, to the robbing of its eggs; Ecclus., xi, 32, to the keeping a decoy partridge. Two kinds of partridges are known to abide in the hilly resorts of Israel; the francolin inhabits the plains, and various sandgrouse are found in the deserts.

Verses:

  • 1 Samuel 26:20
  • Jeremiah 17:11
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​p/partridge.html. 2024.
 
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