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Identification

The Red-legged Partridge is a gaudier bird than the Grey Partridge with a strikingly black and white face and throat with pronounced black and white barring on its flanks. In flight though it is actually plainer, with unmottled grey-brown upper-parts. Red-legs can be told from Rock Partridges, Chuckars and their hybrids by the extensive black-speckled gorgets around their breasts.

Habitat

Breeds and winters on farmland, scrub and sand dunes.

Migration

Sedentary, although birds in mountainous areas will move to lower ground for thwe winter.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Red-legged Partridge is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

Fressingfield, Suffolk 01/02/2010	Old Gore, Herefs 25/01/2010	Jurby, IOM 17/01/2010	undisc. site, Shrops 07/01/2010	Rufford, Lancs 19/12/2009
Leitholm, Borders 26/12/2009	Leitholm, Borders 26/12/2009	Leitholm, Borders 26/12/2009	Duns, Borders 25/12/2009	Duns, Borders 25/12/2009

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Red-legged Partridge breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Andorra
Britain
France
Ireland
Italy
Madeira
Portugal
Spain

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