Red-legged Partridge
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Red-legged Partridge

Alectoris rufa

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Mercantour National Park
1 Verified records at Mercantour National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge. The genus name is from Ancient Greek alektoris a farmyard chicken, and rufa is Latin for red or rufous. It is a rotund bird, with a light brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks and red legs. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mercantour National Park

Rock Partridge
NT

Rock Partridge

Bird

Alectoris graeca

<5% · Rare
Common Quail
LC

Common Quail

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Coturnix coturnix

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Black Grouse
LC Endemic

Eurasian Black Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lyrurus tetrix

Insufficient data
Rock Ptarmigan
LC Endemic

Rock Ptarmigan

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lagopus muta

Insufficient data
Gray Partridge
LC

Gray Partridge

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Perdix perdix

Insufficient data
Ring-necked Pheasant
LC Endemic

Ring-necked Pheasant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phasianus colchicus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Red-legged Partridge at Mercantour National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
3 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5–10%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
5–10%
5 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
5–10%
7 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
8 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
9 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
10 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
11 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
12 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
13 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
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