Tibetan Partridge

Perdix hodgsoniae (Hodgson, 1856)

≈32 cmLength364 gWeight

It has a sharply patterned black-and-white face and chestnut collar, gathering in flocks outside the breeding season and running more than it flies.

Busiest months: June–July · Most records: China

Looks like Daurian Partridge, Grey Partridge

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Forehead, broad supercilium, face and throat white
One broad black stripe below the eye
Chestnut collar on the nape
Back buff, with chestnut and black barring

Male, female and young

Female has barring within the black belly patch and is duller overall; juvenile buff-brown overall, lacking the adult's face and underparts markings.

Voice

A rattling “scherrrrreck” is often heard in the morning; in flight, it gives a sharp “chee chee chee”.

Similar species

Daurian Partridge

Members of the same genus share a brown back, black belly patch and chestnut flanks; Tibetan Partridge has a conspicuous black-and-white face pattern and chestnut collar.

Grey Partridge

Members of the same genus share a brown back, black belly patch and chestnut flanks; Tibetan Partridge has a conspicuous black-and-white face pattern and chestnut collar.

Where and when it's recorded

Tibetan Partridge has been recorded at 60 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Kanda MountainChina73 records
Shugseb NunneryChina65 records
Rubber Mountain PassChina26 records

More places

Baizha ForestChina26 records
Temple of Princess WenchengChina21 records
Qinghai Lake – K11 hillChina16 records
Balang Shan [General Area]China14 records
Yushu Airport & VicinityChina13 records
AngsaiChina12 records
GangshikaChina11 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China

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 Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. They forage on the ground in the sparsely vegetated high altitude regions, moving in pairs during the summer and in larger groups during the non-breeding season. Neither males nor females have spurs on their legs.

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