Grey Partridge

The Grey Partridge is a rotund bird, 28–32 cm long, brown-backed, with grey flanks and chest. The belly is white, usually marked with a large chestnut-brown horse-shoe mark in males, and also in many females. Hens lay up to twenty eggs in a ground nest. The nest is usually in the margin of a cereal field, most commonly Winter wheat. The only major and constant difference between the sexes is the so-called cross of Lorraine on the tertiary coverts of females – these being marked with two transverse bars, as opposed to the one in males. These are present after around 16 weeks of age when the birds have moulted into adult plumage. Young Grey Partridges are mostly yellow-brown and lack the distinctive face and underpart markings. The song is a harsh kieerr-ik, and when disturbed, like most of the gamebirds, it flies a short distance on rounded wings, often calling rick rick rick as it rises. They are a seed-eating species, but the young in particular take insects as an essential protein supply. During the fi

The Grey Partridge is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

chance to photograph a family of Grey Partridge Perdix perdix that had turned up on the island. More

The Grey Partridge is normally found foraging on bare ground or low grass covered ground in scrub and open country and is rarely found above an altitude of 500 m above sea level in India and 1200 m in Pakistan. The distribution is south of the foothills of the Himalayas west till the Indus valley and east till Bengal. It is also found in northwestern Sri Lanka. Introduced populations are found in the Andaman and Chagos Islands. More

common throughout its large range, the Grey Partridge is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This partridge breeds on farmland across most of Europe into western Asia, and has been introduced widely into North America. They are quite common in some areas of southern Canada and the northern United States. The Grey Partridge is a rotund bird, 28–32 cm long, brown-backed, with grey flanks and chest. More

Photos of the Grey Partridge that inhabit the grounds around Agape Hospice, where I work. Last summer saw three adults overseeing 10 chicks. As spring approaches, the band has dispersed and the mated pair are now alone again. More

* Grey Partridge videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection * Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Grey Partridge * South Dakota Birds - Grey Partridge * Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Perdix perdix v • d • e Game animals and shooting in the United Kingdom Game birds Common Pheasant More

The grey partridge is native to Britain, and was once known simply as 'the partridge'. The introduced red-legged partridge became so common, however, that the pre-fix 'grey' was added. A relatively small-headed, rotund gamebird, the grey partridge ... More

The grey partridge is native to Britain, and was once known simply as 'the partridge'. The introduced red-legged partridge became so common, however, that the pre-fix 'grey' was added (4). A relatively small-headed, rotund gamebird, the grey partridge has an orange face and throat, green bill and grey legs (2). In males, the white underbelly is marked with an obvious chestnut coloured horseshoe on the lower breast (5). Females are similar in appearance, but duller in colour. More

The Grey Partridge is a rotund bird, 28-32 cm long, brown-backed, with grey underparts, an orange face and a chestnut belly patch. There is little difference between the sexes, although the female has a smaller belly patch. Young Grey Partridges are esentally yellow-brown, and lack the distinctive face and underpart markings. Song / Call : The song is a harse kieerr-ik. More

The Grey Partridge (or Common Partridge) is a small, dumpy bird that appears a rather drab grey-brown at a distance. They are smaller than both Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges, but larger than Quails. Close-up it is quite attractively marked: the upperparts are grey-brown with chestnut streaks, the breast is grey with a dark brown horseshoe mark on the belly, the flanks have chestnut brown bars, the tail is rusty-red, and the face and throat are orange. More

* Grey Partridge - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. * Perdix perdix Images - Images of this species located at the Phasianidae group on flickr. * Wikipedia - Grey Partridge - Wikipedia's species page. - More

The Irish Grey Partridge Conservation Trust is a registered charity established to support the on-going conservation efforts to secure wild Grey Partridge as a part of Ireland More

Grey Partridge on the Greatham Site Grey Partridge breed on site and are fairly common residents. This is due to the vast amount of unimproved grassland on site, which gives Grey partridge nesting sites and cover from predators. As Grey Partridge are nervous and wary birds, this cover is important for breeding success. Grey partridge are both Local and UK BAP species, and also Red Data Book Species. They are of important conservation concern on the site, especially as they breed. More

Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) of Holyrood Park, Edinburgh for the summer 2006 season. As such it provides information on the distribution of the species, based on the methods documented in More

The success of the Grey Partridge Recovery Project shows that with careful management this fragile species can be restored. Malcolm Brockless reports The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) recently announced the completion of its landmark five-year Grey Partridge Recovery Project at Royston, in Hertfordshire. As lead partner for the grey partridge Biodiversity Action Plan, the GWCT set up the recovery project to demonstrate the feasibility of restoring numbers of wild grey partridges on ordinary farmland. More

vues GameWildlifeConsTrst — 2 novembre 2009 — The grey partridge has dramatically declined in the past 30 years. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust funded... GameWildlifeConsTrst — 2 novembre 2009 — The grey partridge has dramatically declined in the past 30 years. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust funded by the British Falconers Club is working to research the causes of this decline and try to reverse this decline and restore grey partridge numbers. More