Pheasants & Allies

Rock Partridge

Alectoris graeca

The Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca) is a 594 g cliff and rock bird. It stays put all year.

Family

Pheasants & Allies

Order

Galliformes

Weight

594 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in France, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herz., India, China, United States, Slovenia, Serbia, ZZ, Turkey, Iran.

Where to see it: NP Durmitor (Montenegro); PP Vransko jezero · Boardwalk (Croatia); ΕΠ Λίμνης Κερκίνης (Lake Kerkini NP) (Greece); Mirna River mouth (Croatia).

Photo: (c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist