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Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge; Gray Partridge)

Synonyms: Alectoris sutcliffei; Perdix cinerea; Tetrao perdix (homotypic); Tetrao spec (pro parte)
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge", and is itself derived from Ancient Greek perdix.
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Infraspecies

Perdix perdix armoricana (Grey partridge)
Perdix perdix canescens
Perdix perdix hispaniensis
Perdix perdix italica
Perdix perdix lucida
Perdix perdix perdix (Grey partridge)
Perdix perdix robusta (Grey Partridge)
Perdix perdix sphagnetorum

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.42296
EDGE Score: 2.00458
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  382 grams
Birth Weight [2]  10 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Diet - Plants [3]  40 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  30 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year
Male Maturity [2]  1 year
Clutch Size [5]  16
Clutches / Year [6]  1
Global Population (2017 est.) [4]  13,000,000
Incubation [2]  24 days
Mating Display [7]  Ground display
Maximum Longevity [2]  5 years
Snout to Vent Length [8]  12 inches (30 cm)
Wing Span [6]  18 inches (.46 m)
Wintering Geography [4]  Non-migrartory

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey No
Irano-Anatolian Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan No
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No
Mountains of Central Asia Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan No

Prey / Diet

Amaranthus retroflexus (rough pigweed)[9]
Chenopodium album (lambsquarters goosefoot)[9]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Accipiter gentilis (Northern Goshawk)[10]
Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[10]
Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)[10]
Buteo regalis (Ferruginous Hawk)[10]
Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's Hawk)[10]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6British Trust for Ornithology
♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 8Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 9Orłowski, G., & Czarnecka, J. (2013). Re-evaluation of the role of the grey partridge Perdix perdix as a disperser of arable weed seeds. Journal of ornithology, 154(1), 139-144.
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 12International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0