One of the 5 partridges on WAnimals
Birds · Galliformes · Phasianidae
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdix
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The grey partridge is a bird of the European countryside that has suffered one of the most severe declines of any bird on the continent: the British population has fallen by more than 90% since the 1960s. The cause is well identified: herbicides removed the weeds, the insects went with them, and the chicks, which depend entirely on insects for their first few weeks, starve. In Spain a relict mountain population survives.
Weight
300 g – 450 g
Size
28 cm – 32 cm
Life expectancy
5 years
