Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) [XC376729]
by Jarek Matusiak from Gmina \u0141\u0119czyca (near \u0141\u0119czyca), \u0142\u0119czycki, wojew\u00f3dztwo \u0142\u00f3dzkie, France (call)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) [XC897001]
by Jarek Matusiak from Hulterstad, \u00d6land, France (song)
Nest
A shallow depression on the ground, lined with grass, protected by low, thick, vegetation.
Eggs (Guide)
12 - 17; pale olive-brown; pyriform. Incubation: about 24 days; mainly by female.
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies italica normally included within nominate perdix.
The following 8 subspecies are recognised:
hispaniensis Reichenow, 1892 - North-eastern Portugal and northern Spain.
armoricana Hartert, 1917 - Normandy and central France north to Ardennes and Morvan Mts.
sphagnetorum (Altum, 1894) - North-eastern Netherlands and north-western Germany.
perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Is and Scandinavia to Alps and Balkans.
lucida (Altum, 1894) - Finland east to Ural Mts and south to Black Sea and northern Caucasus.
canescens Buturlin, 1906 - Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia and Iran.
robusta Homeyer & Tancre, 1883 - Basin of lower R Ural east through Kazakhstan to south-western Siberia and north-western China (Xinjiang).
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