Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) - HBW 2, p. 486
French: Perdrix rouge
German: Rothuhn
Spanish: Perdiz Roja
Taxonomy: Tetrao rufus Linneaus, 1758, southern Europe = north Italy.
Previously placed in superspecies with A. chukar, A. philbyi and A. barbara; now considered to be more distant from the reconstituted superspecies of A. magna, A. graeca, A. chukar and A. philbyi. Population of Corsica has been separated in race corsa, but usually included in rufa; race australis described from Gran Canaria (Canary Is), where species is introduced. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) - France, NW Italy, Elba and Corsica.
- hispanica (Seoane, 1894) - N & W Iberian Peninsula.
- intercedens (A. E. Brehm, 1857) - E & S Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Is.
- Least Concern
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Adult on a hay stack Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp rufa)
Alain Fossé 25 May 2009 1 year ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A bird going to drink. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 1 year ago 51 sec 4 -
A bird standing and looking to the sky at the end. Osera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Jesús Laborda 16 April 2008 1 year ago 40 sec 4 -
An adult bird walking on the ground in different directions Castrejon, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (ssp hispanica)
Juan Sanabria 31 October 2006 2 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
An adult bird walking on the ground and looking to the cameraman Castrejon, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (ssp hispanica)
Juan Sanabria 31 October 2006 2 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A bird fluffing its plumage and going away. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 1 year ago 36 sec 3.7
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A Red-legged Partridge in the southern European free-flight aviary in Rotterdam Zoo. Rotterdam, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Gerard Visser 15 May 2009 24 min ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
Adult Cap de Creus, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aegolius 24 April 2010 6 weeks ago 3.9 -
Caught during a ringing work. Grignan, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France (ssp rufa)
Georges Olioso 7 December 2006 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult perching on a hay stack Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp rufa)
Alain Fossé 25 May 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
Two chicks. Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Conrado Requena Az... 28 May 2010 1 day ago ADDED TODAY! 3.6 -
Bird on alert Tuscany, Italy
raniero massoli-no... 1 October 2009 5 weeks ago 3.5
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Calls of chicks Manzanera, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
(ssp intercedens)
Carlos Fabregat 28 June 2009 28 weeks ago 4
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