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partridges are relatively round-bodied and small-headed. They typically have a light brown or grey back, grey breast, buff belly, and barred flanks. Several species have a whitish throat with a black border. Their specialized flank coverts give them the appearance of being more rotund than they
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Barilani, Marina; Bernard-Laurent, Ariane; Mucci, Nadia; Tabarroni, Cristiano; Kark, Salit; Garrido, José Antonio Perez; Randi, Ettore (June 2007).
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Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and India
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Their fossils date back to the early Pleistocene, with extant representatives in southern
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birds of dry, open and often hilly country. They nest in a scantily lined ground
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North Africa, and is also native to Gibraltar and the Canary Islands
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are a very important source of nutrition for the birds as are
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Serbia, Albania, Italy, and France to Greece and Bulgaria
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actually are. Their legs are red, with well-developed,
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Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy and Balearic Islands
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The genus name is derived from the 215:, closely related to Old World quail ( 2809: 2808: 1989: 1735: 1234: 914: 836: 817:. International Ornithologists' Union 398:, and of red-legged partridge in the 3058: 3016:83bd4227-0632-433e-98b3-9025de2c4f75 2941:53951594-3695-49b7-bb36-544d26d63a2b 698:. London: Christopher Helm. p.  370:Introduced species and hybridisation 239:), and sand and see-see partridges ( 811:"Pheasants, partridges, francolins" 774: 13: 915: 795: 660: 437:The genus contains seven species: 14: 3146: 674:. The Trust for Avian Systematics 3062: 2788: 1971: 1736: 1717: 1216: 815:IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 567: 545: 523: 501: 479: 457: 56: 1990: 1235: 313: 1: 653: 421:readily interbreeds with the 3078:. You can help Knowledge by 761:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.014 271: 7: 641: 221:and relatives), snowcocks ( 10: 3151: 3057: 692:Jobling, James A. 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Index


Chukar partridge
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Coturnicini
Alectoris
Kaup
Type species
Perdix petrosa

partridges
Phasianidae
Coturnix
Tetraogallus
Pternistis
Perdicula
Ammoperdix
Alectoris graeca
Ancient Greek
romanized
chicken
Europe
Africa
Arabia

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