Rock Partridge

Alectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804)

Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca, is a pheasant relative that breeds across montane parts of southern Europe, from far south-east France, Switzerland and south-west Austria through Italy and Sicily, the Balkans and Greece to east-central Bulgaria. It is a resident of dry, open and often hilly ground. The species is closely tied to the southern European mountains and is very similar to the chukar partridge. It nests in a shallow scrape on the ground with little lining, and lays 5–21 eggs. It takes a broad range of seeds and some insects.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies

Breeding range

Palearctic: montane c, se Europe: far se France, Switzerland and sw Austria through Italy and Sicily, Balkans and Greece e to ec Bulgaria