Interesting Facts about Barbary Partridge
The native range of the barbary partridge is in North Africa and also belonging to Gibraltar. The Barbary partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey bust, and buff belly. The face is light grey with a broad reddish-brown gorget. It has rufous-streaked white flanks and red legs.
- Breeding: A resident breeder in dry, open and often hilly country
- The Barbary partridge is also the national bird of Gibraltar
- Song: Noisy tre-tre-tre-tre-tre-cheeche-tre-tre-tre
- They are very popular with aviculturists and do well in captivity
- Barbary Partridge’s nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 10-16 eggs
- They are closely related to its western European equivalent, the red-legged partridge
Scientific Classification of Barbary Partridge
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Galliformes
- Family: Phasianidae
- Genus: Alectoris
- Species: A. barbara
- Binomial name: Alectoris barbara
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