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The rock partridge is a rotund bird, with a light brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked 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 very similar to the chukar partridge, but is greyer on the back and has a white, not yellowish foreneck. The sharply defined gorget distinguishes this species from red-legged partridge. The song is a noisy ga-ga-ga-ga-chakera- chakera- chakera.
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When to see the Rock Partridge
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rock Partridge
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 3 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.
About the Rock Partridge
The rock partridge or common rock partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae, of the order Galliformes. It is native to southern Europe, and is closely related and very similar to its eastern equivalent, the chukar partridge, A. chukar.
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Easily confused with
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbaraThe Barbary partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly.
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.
Side by side: Red-legged Partridge vs Rock Partridge · Chukar Partridge vs Rock Partridge · Barbary Partridge vs Rock Partridge · Arabian Partridge vs Rock Partridge
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