Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca)

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Meisner, 1804)

Habitat
Temperate forest. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Albania (B), Austria (B) (NB), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB), Croatia (B) (NB), France (B) (NB), Germany (B), Greece (B) (NB), Italy (B) (NB), Liechtenstein (E) (B), Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of (B) (NB), Montenegro (B), Romania (B) (NB), Serbia (B), Slovenia (B) (NB), Switzerland (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Turkey.

Introduced to Belgium (B), Lebanon (B), Spain (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 120,000 - 230,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (71)...)

Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca) [XC247002]
by Jerome Fischer from R\u00fcschegg, Schwarzenburg, Bern, Switzerland (song)

Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca) [XC730582]
by Stanislas Wroza from Arrondissement de Thonon-les-Bains (near Vacheresse), Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, France (hissing sounds)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Przevalski's Partridge (Alectoris magna), Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) and Philby's Partridge (Alectoris philbyi). Treatment of this species has varied considerably and has been considered to include Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) and Przevalski's Partridge (Alectoris magna) in the past. Possibly hybridizes with Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) in some areas and with Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa), which is introduced in parts of France.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

saxatilis (Bechstein, 1805) - Alps from France to Austria and western Yugoslavia; Appennines.
graeca (Meisner, 1804) - South-eastern Yugoslavia to Greece and Bulgaria.
whitakeri Schiebel, 1934 - Sicily. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Sicilian Rock Partridge (Alectoris whitakeri).
orlandoi Priolo, 1984 - Italy (Apennine Mountains).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca) - 10 files

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