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Grey partridge
Perdix perdix, Linnaeus, 1758
Grey partridges inhabit open agricultural areas, preferably fields (with shelter belts or clusters of bushes on the balk), but also meadows and fallow land with higher vegetation. They are sedentary, terrestrial birds; nervous and very timid. Life is not easy for partridges nowadays. In the past, they used to have food aplenty and many nesting places on numerous and varied balks. Today’s cereal monoculture is unfavourable for them, since it doesn’t offer adequate food or shelter.
Distribution: central Europe, southwestern Siberia, China
male / female
body length: 28–32 cm
wingspan: 45–50 cm
body mass: 0,3–45 kg