Grey Partridge
Perdix perdix
Typical features are the orange-brown face and the dark, horseshoe-shaped belly patch, usually more distinct in males than in females. When flushed, the covey flies off low over the field with whirring wingbeats and glides.
- Group
- Gamebirds
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2019
Profile: Grey Partridge
- Family
- Pheasants and allies (Phasianidae)
- Size
- approx. 28–32 cm
- Wingspan
- approx. 45–48 cm
- Weight
- approx. 290–475 g
- Habitat
- Open, small-scale farmland with hedgerows, field margins, fallow land and verges.
- Diet
- Adults eat mainly seeds, grain and green plant matter; chicks depend on insects during their first weeks.
- When to see
- Resident all year round. Outside the breeding season the birds live in family groups known as coveys.
Learn more: Wikipedia · NABU (German)