red-legged partridge

Related to red-legged partridge: rock partridge, Grey Partridge, Chukar partridge

red-legged partridge

(Animals) a partridge, Alectoris rufa, having a reddish tail, red legs and bill, and flanks barred with chestnut, black, and white: common on farmlands and heaths in SW Europe, including Britain

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red-legged partridge - common western European partridge with red legs

Alectoris ruffa

partridge - small Old World gallinaceous game birds

Alectoris, genus Alectoris - a genus of Perdicidae

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He said the grey partridge was coming under extra pressure in the UK from people shooting them in the mistaken belief they were the more common, introduced red-legged partridge.

Pear tree empty? Partridge faces extinction in Europe

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