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Gray Partridge Perdix perdix

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Grey Partridge, Common Partridge, Hungarian Partridge, Cinnamon Partridge
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Inner Port, Zeebrugge, Belgium - Jul 13, 2002 © Yves Baptiste  Netherlands - 2003 © Ben van den Broek  France - Date unknown © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Europe to w. Asia. North America;
(1) Ne. Portugal, n. Spain (Cantabrian Mountains) and s. France (Pyrenees Mountains).
(2) Nw. France in Normandy. C. France n. to Ardennes and Morvan Mountains.
(3) Ne. Netherlands and nw. Germany.
(4) W. and c. Europe from the British Isles (Ireland), s. Scandinavia (ex. se. Norway and s. Sweden) s. to Alps and s. to s. Italy, n. Greece, w. Russia, w. Black Sea area (Balkans).
(5) Ne. Europe from s. Finland e. to the Ural Mountains and s. to e. Black Sea and n. Caucasus.
(6) C. Turkey, Transcaucasia and nw. Iran.
(7) Lower Ural River Basin n. to 62ºN in Siberia and e. through n. and se. Kazakhstan to the foothills of the Altai Mountains, Kirghiz steppes, w. Sayan Mountains (Tuva), w. Mongolia and w. China (Xinjiang).
Introduced and reintroduced in many regions of Europe (Finland, Russia, Britain, and France) as well as to s. Canada and n. United States.
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North America n. of Mexican border;
Summer and Winter: sc. BCO, c. and w. WAS, nw. and w. ORG, ne. NEV, ex. n. UTH, IDH, c. WYO, MON n. to c. ALB, s. SAS, s. MAN, NDK, SDK, ex. ne. NEB, w. and s. MIN, n. IWA, c. WIS, ex. n. ILL. Se. ONT and ex. nw. NYK. Ex. e. ONT, ex. s. QUE, and n. NYK. Ex. e. NBR, PEI, and c. NSC.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Frans van der Veen
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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