The grey partridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the grey-legged partridge,[2]English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge", and is itself derived from Ancient Greek perdix.[3]
^BirdLife International (2016). "Perdix perdix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678911A85929015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678911A85929015.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Hunter Adair (2000). A Guide to the Countryside: Wild Animals and Birds. Abbey Press. ISBN 978-1-902756-04-2. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
The greypartridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the grey-legged partridge, English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant...
consisting of seeds and insects. Species such as the greypartridge and the red-legged partridge are popular as game birds, and are often reared in captivity...
This species was formerly also called the greypartridge, not to be confused with the European greypartridge. They are mainly ground-living birds and...
and the greypartridge are somewhat obscure; while very similar, they might be better understood as sister species rather than the greypartridge evolving...
The Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica), also known as steppe partridge, Asian greypartridge or bearded partridge, is a gamebird in the pheasant family...
sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "partridge", an unrelated phasianid, and occasionally confused with the greypartridge, a bird of open areas rather than...
the infection well, other birds such as ruffed grouse, chukar, and greypartridge are highly susceptible. Pheasants also have a tendency to harass or...
Asia. The chukar is a rotund 32–35 cm (13–14 in) long partridge, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The shades vary across the various...
species have a crest atop the head. The Indian peahen has a mixture of dull grey, brown, and green in her plumage. The female also displays her plumage to...
Inc., New York. Book ISBN 0-8109-1007-1. Madge and McGowan, Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse ISBN 0-7136-3966-0 Videos of pheasants in the Internet Bird...
for competitive showing include black, blue, splash, lavender, buff, grey, partridge, and white. Alternative hues, such as cuckoo, mottled, chocolate, mauve...
black partridge (Melanoperdix niger), also known as the black wood partridge, is a small (up to 27 cm long) partridge with a thick bill, grey legs and...
range in quantity from one (as in condors) to up to seventeen (the greypartridge). Clutch size may vary latitudinally within a species. Some birds lay...
brown barred with buff, and the outer tail-feathers chestnut, as in the greypartridge; but the throat is bright rust-red, and the rest of the under-parts...
phylogenetic evidence supports the closest relatives of Gallus being the bamboo partridges in the genus Bambusicola, from which they diverged about 15 million years...
including quail, pheasant, grouse, woodcock, prairie chicken, chukar, greypartridge, and other landfowls. Unlike aquatic and semiaquatic bird species (waterfowls...
and divided into five families: Phasianidae (including chicken, quail, partridges, pheasants, turkeys, peafowl (peacocks) and grouse), Odontophoridae (New...
P. (2002). "Genus Tragopan: tragopans (horned pheasants)". Pheasants, partridges and grouse: including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies. London: Christopher...
Reichenow, 1892 (Iberian partridge) †P. p. italica Hartert, 1917 (Italian greypartridge) P. p. lucida (Altum, 1894) (eastern greypartridge) P. p. canescens...
are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family...
The crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) also known as the crested wood partridge, roul-roul, red-crowned wood partridge, green wood quail or green wood...
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