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Xinjiang Ground Jay
Podoces biddulphi Hume, 1874
Corvidae — Crows, Jays
Xinjiang Ground Jay, Podoces biddulphi, is a bird of the Corvidae family that breeds in western and central Xinjiang in far western China. Hume described it in 1874. It is a ground jay with a beige body, partly black and white wings, and a black cap. Its bill is sharply downcurved, and a dark moustache mark rises from below it towards the cap. The eyes are deep brown. It nests in open sites, with breeding from March to May, and the female incubates 1–3 eggs for 18 days.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae — Crows, Jays
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: w, c Xinjiang (far w China)
