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Red-legged Partridge

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Red-legged Partridge
Both Sexes
Grey-brown bird with black and white marking on head and flanks.
Alectoris rufa ...

 


Red-legged partridges are surprisingly hard to spot. Despite such colourful plumage, they blend remarkably well into their preferred habitat of heaths and downs.

Red-legged partridge
Larger than the grey partridge, it has a large white chin and throat patch, bordered with black. It has a greyish body with bold black flank stripes, and a chestnut-sided tail. It is an introduced spe... More...

Alectoris rufa (Red-legged Partridge)
Bonasa bonasia (Hazel Grouse)
Chrysolophus pictus (Golden Pheasant)
Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail)
Coturnix coturnix (Common Quail)
Crax rubra (Great Curassow)
Falcipennis canadensis (Spruce Grouse) ...

Red-legged partridge
Alectoris chukar. Chukor
Perdix perdix. Grey partridge
Synoicus ypsilophorus. Brown quail
Phasianus colchicus. Pheasant
Pavo cristatus. Peafowl
Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey
Numida meleagris. Tufted guineafowl ...

Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca
Chukar, Alectoris chukar (National bird of Pakistan)
Philby's Partridge, Alectoris philbyi
Barbary Partridge, Alectoris barbara
Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa ...

See also: Partridge, Grey Partridge, Pheasant, Flamingo, Quail