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European Partridge

Perdix perdix perdix

Classification

Class
Aves

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix) is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge". Taxonomy The grey partridge was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tetrao perdix.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 34Netherlands · 7