Rock Partridges
Alectoris
Alectoris is a genus of partridges in the family Phasianidae, closely related to Old World quail (Coturnix and relatives), snowcocks (Tetraogallus), partridge-francolins (Pternistis), bush quail (Perdicula), and sand and see-see partridges (Ammoperdix). Members of the genus are known collectively as rock partridges (a name that also refers to one species in particular, Alectoris graeca). The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek: αλέκτωρ, romanized: alektoris, meaning "chicken" or "farmyard fowl".
Their fossils date back to the early Pleistocene, with extant representatives in southern Europe, North Africa and Arabia, and across Asia in Pakistan to Tibet and western China.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Red-legged Partridge
speciesAlectoris rufa
Chukar
speciesAlectoris chukar
Rock Partridge
speciesAlectoris graeca
Barbary Partridge
speciesAlectoris barbara
Przevalski's Partridge
speciesAlectoris magna
Arabian Partridge
speciesAlectoris melanocephala
Philby's Partridge
speciesAlectoris philbyi
Alectoris graeca × rufa
hybridAlectoris graeca × rufa
Alectoris chukar × graeca
hybridAlectoris chukar × graeca
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 845.