Alectoris-rufa
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Red-legged Partridge

 

ORDER: Galliformes
FAMILY: Phasianidae
SIZE: +++

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

OCCURRENCE: breeding resident.

CHARACTERISTICS: grey-brown back, reddish belly, white throat surrounded by a thick black line; legs and beak short and red; red eye contour; juveniles are brownish.
FOOD: Seeds and insects.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: terrestrial; the newborns follow the mother, hiding among the grasses.

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