Grey Partridge

Perdix perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)

≈31 cmLength46 cmWingspan405 gWeight

It is round-bodied, often with a chestnut horseshoe-shaped patch on the white belly.

Busiest months: April–May · Most records: United Kingdom, Canada, Bulgaria

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Back brown
Breast and flanks gray
White belly often with a chestnut horseshoe-shaped patch

Male, female and young

Female usually slightly duller, with a smaller dark belly patch; juvenile mostly yellowish-brown, lacking the conspicuous face and underparts markings.

Voice

Vocalization a harsh, high-pitched “kieerr-ik”; often gives repeated “rick” notes when flushed.

Where and when it's recorded

Grey Partridge has been recorded at 477 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 44 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Hale Head LighthouseUnited Kingdom450 records
Carr Lane PoolsUnited Kingdom443 records
Druridge Pools NWT NR and Druridge LinksUnited Kingdom394 records

More places

Frank Lake – NW lookout/blind/outflowCanada360 records
St Mary's Island LNRUnited Kingdom294 records
Pointe de MaizeretsCanada293 records
Aberlady Bay LNRUnited Kingdom252 records
University of York – Heslington East CampusUnited Kingdom227 records
Rivière-OuelleCanada223 records
Kaloyanovo ReservoirBulgaria204 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United Kingdom Canada Bulgaria France Czechia Poland Sweden Russia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix) is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge".

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