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 Enlarge map
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Two birds on the ground looking around. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2012 25 weeks ago 51 sec 4.4 -
Adult on a hay stack Locality Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp rufa)
Alain Fossé 25 May 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 4.4 -
An adult bird walking on the ground in different directions Locality Castrejon Reservoir, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (ssp hispanica)
Juan Sanabria 31 October 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A bird going to drink. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 3 years ago 51 sec 4.3 -
A bird standing and looking to the sky at the end. Locality Osera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Jesús Laborda 16 April 2008 4 years ago 40 sec 4.3 -
Several chicks on a steep slope, one of them jumping down and then up. Locality Manzanera, Teruel, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Carlos Fabregat 28 June 2009 7 weeks ago 36 sec 4.2
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A bird on the ground.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Jesús Laborda 7 July 2012 30 weeks ago 4.2 -
Caught during a ringing work.
Locality Grignan, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France (ssp rufa)
Georges Olioso 7 December 2006 4 years ago 4.1 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Jesús Laborda 7 July 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp intercedens)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2012 37 weeks ago 4 -
A bird foraging on the roadside
Locality Landes, Aquitanie, France (ssp rufa)
Nicole Bouglouan 16 April 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Two chicks.
Locality Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Conrado Requena Aznar 28 May 2010 2 years ago 4
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Calls of chicks. Locality Manzanera, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
(ssp intercedens)
Carlos Fabregat 28 June 2009 3 years ago 4
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