The Iranian ground jay (''Podoces pleskei'') or Pleske's ground jay, is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

in the family

Corvidae Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Cu ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

where it is known as Zaqboor in

Farsi Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken an ...

. The species is named after Russian zoologist

Theodor Pleske Theodor Eduard Pleske (Russian form: Fedor Dmitrievich Pleske Фёдор Эдуардович (Дмитриевич) Плеске) (11 July 1858 – 1 August 1932) was a Russian entomologist and ornithologist who worked at the museum of zoology at ...

. The Iranian ground jay body is baby brown type in colour. Their wings are striped in black and white. Their stick-like legs are very well balanced. They have beady, glossy eyes. Their beak is smooth and sharp. Their body is covered in short fur which makes their body look and feel fluffy. An Iranian ground jay usually lives in dry areas like deserts. They are a well protected species in Iran.

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Iranian ground jay The Iranian ground jay (''Podoces pleskei'') or Pleske's ground jay, is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to Iran where it is known as Zaqboor in Farsi Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Weste ...

Birds of the Middle East Endemic fauna of Iran

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