Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1896)

Habitat
Temperate forest, plantations, arable land. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Gibraltar (to UK) (B) (NB), Italy (B) (NB), Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Spain (B) (NB), Tunisia, Western Sahara (B).

Introduced to Portugal (E) (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 unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) [XC714385]
by Matiss Stunda from Cap Blanc, Bizerte Nord, Gouvernorat de Bizerte, Tunisia (alarm call)

Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) [XC30160]
by Cedric Mroczko from Barranco de la Torre, Fuerteventura, Spain (call)

Subspecies
Previously placed in superspecies with Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar), Philby's Partridge (Alectoris philbyi) and Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa). Now considered to be more distant from the reconstituted superspecies of Przevalski's Partridge (Alectoris magna), Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca), Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) and Philby's Partridge (Alectoris philbyi).

Proposed subspecies theresae and duprezi included respectively in barbara and spatzi.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

barbara (Reichenow, 1896) - Libya and north-western Egypt.
koenigi (Reichenow, 1899) - North-western Morocco.
barbata (Reichenow, 1896) - Northern Morocco and northern Algeria; Sardinia (possibly introduced).
spatzi (Reichenow, 1895) - Southern Morocco, central Algeria and southern Tunisia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) - 10 files

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