Grey partridge
Perdix perdix
Local namesçil
Key identifying features
Bill and legs grey; in chukar both are coral red, which is the quickest way to tell them apart
Face and throat orange-brick with soft edges, lacking chukar's sharp black necklace
Dark chestnut horseshoe on the belly, bold in the male and faint or absent in the female
Breast and neck finely vermiculated grey, with chestnut bars on the flanks
Rusty red tail sides show as it flushes, flying low with whirring beats alternating with glides
Bird
- In Türkiye
- Resident — here all year
- Length
- 28–32 cm
- Wingspan
- 45–48 cm
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Conservation status
- Not threatened
Voice
Hoarse "kierr-ik" like a rusty hinge, usually on flushing or at dusk
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