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The Barbary partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is light grey with a broad reddish-brown gorget. It has rufous-streaked white flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings. It is closely related to its western European equivalent, the red-legged partridge. It is similar to the red-legged partridge, but it has a different head and neck pattern. The song is a noisy tre-tre-tre-tre-tre-cheeche-tre-tre-tre.
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When to see the Barbary Partridge
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Barbary Partridge
The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France.
About the Barbary Partridge
The Barbary partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of the order Galliformes. It is native to North Africa.
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Easily confused with
Arabian PartridgeAlectoris melanocephalaLarger than other members of its genus, Alectoris, the Arabian partridge reaches a length of about 41 cm (16 in).
Przevalski's PartridgeAlectoris magnaPrzevalski's partridge or the rusty-necklaced partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae.
Philby's PartridgeAlectoris philbyiPhilby's partridge is similar in appearance to the chukar partridge and has greyish-brown plumage with the flanks boldly banded in black and pale buff.
Side by side: Barbary Partridge vs Red-legged Partridge · Barbary Partridge vs Chukar Partridge · Barbary Partridge vs Rock Partridge · Arabian Partridge vs Barbary Partridge
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