[order] GALLIFORMES | [family] Phasianidae | [latin] Alectoris rufa | [UK] Red-legged Partridge | [FR] Perdrix rouge | [DE] Rothuhn | [ES] Perdiz Roja | [NL] Rode Patrijs
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Alectoris | rufa | EU | sw Europe | ||
| Alectoris | rufa | hispanica | n and w Iberian Pen. | ||
| Alectoris | rufa | intercedens | e and s Iberian Pen. | ||
| Alectoris | rufa | rufa | Britain, France, n Italy, Corsica |
Physical charateristics
The Red-legged Partridge is a gaudier bird than the Grey Partridge with a strikingly black and white face and throat with pronounced black and white barring on its flanks. In flight though it is actually plainer, with unmottled grey-brown upper-parts. Red-legs can be told from Rock Partridges, Chuckars and their hybrids by the extensive black-speckled gorgets around their breasts.
Listen to the sound of Red-legged Partridge
[audio:http://www.aviflevoland.nl/sounddb/R/Red-legged Partridge.mp3]
Copyright remark: Most sounds derived from xeno-canto
| wingspan min.: | 45 | cm | wingspan max.: | 50 | cm |
| size min.: | 32 | cm | size max.: | 35 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 23 | days | incubation max.: | 24 | days |
| fledging min.: | 10 | days | fledging max.: | 24 | days |
| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 10 | ||
| eggs max.: | 16 |
Range
Eurasia : Southwest Europe
Habitat
Less clearly defined than congeners, spanning diverse climatic zones of south-west Palearctic from Mediterranean to humid temperate, but avoiding boreal, oceanic, and arid regions, and preferring lowland to montane. Stops short at fringes of forests and wetlands, but can perch on trees and swim on occasion. More adaptable than other Alectoris partridges to variety of soils