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Genus: Alectoris (7 species)


Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara koenigi) Range: AF: n Llanos de la Concepción, Fuerteventura, Canary Island, Spain
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Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) Range: PAL: s Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA
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Very similar to the Rock Partridge.

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Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca) Near Threatened Range: PAL: montane c, se Europe: far se France, Switzerland and sw Austria through Italy and Sicily, Balkans and Greece e to ec Bulgaria

Very similar to the Chukar Partridge, and sometimes considered the same species.

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Przevalski's Partridge (Alectoris magna) Range: PAL: montane n Qinghai and w, c Gansu (nc China)

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Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala) Range: PAL: sw Arabia to Yemen and sw Oman

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Philby's Partridge (Alectoris philbyi) Range: PAL: montane sw Saudi Arabia and nw Yemen (sw Arabian Pen.)


Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) Near Threatened Range: PAL: sw Europe Tam, France
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