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Red-legged Partridge

Alectoris rufa


Where is it found?

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Farmland and grassland

Diet and foraging method

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Forage on the ground searching for seeds and hunting insects.
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Key adaptations

Adapted to life on the ground, reasonably strong well-developed legs allow partridges to run instead of hop like other small birds.

Social organisation and mating system

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Flocks
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Monogamous pairs

Did you know that...?

Even though Red-legged Partridges can fly, they prefer to run with their wings rounded when being chased.

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Alectoris rufa Barcelona" by Birdwatching Barcelona - Red-legged Partridge / Alectoris rufa / Perdiu roja. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alectoris_rufa_Barcelona.jpg#/media/File:Alectoris_rufa_Barcelona.jpg
"Perdrix rouge MHNT" by Didier Descouens - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perdrix_rouge_MHNT.jpg#/media/File:Perdrix_rouge_MHNT.jpg
"Young-Alectoris-rufa" by Benjah-bmm27 - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young-Alectoris-rufa.JPG#/media/File:Young-Alectoris-rufa.JPG
"Perdrix rouge" by Pierre Dalous - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perdrix_rouge.jpg#/media/File:Perdrix_rouge.jpg
"Houghton MS Am 21 (14) - John James Audubon, Alectoris rufa" by MS Am 21 (14), Houghton Library, Harvard University. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houghton_MS_Am_21_(14)_-_John_James_Audubon,_Alectoris_rufa.jpg#/media/File:Houghton_MS_Am_21_(14)_-_John_James_Audubon,_Alectoris_rufa.jpg

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