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Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

The Gray Partridge is a small bird with a round body and a short tail. They are often found in fields and grasslands, where they like to hide among the plants.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Gray Partridge is a plump, medium-sized ground bird. It has a grey body with fine brown barring, a reddish-brown face, and a distinctive dark chestnut horseshoe-shaped patch on its chest. Its short, rusty tail is often seen in flight, setting it apart from other small game birds.

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Gray Partridge

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A Gray Partridge mom can lay over 20 eggs, one of the biggest clutches in the bird world!

Chicks can run and find their own food just hours after hatching, amazing for babies!

In winter, families form huddles called 'coveys' to share body warmth and stay safe together.

They love to take 'dust baths,' rolling in dry soil to clean their feathers and remove tiny pests.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Gray Partridge has finely barred feathers that help them disappear into grassy fields, making them masters of disguise.

Gray Partridge can burst into fast, low flight because their powerful wings help them escape predators quickly.

Gray Partridge can lay huge clutches of up to 20 eggs, which helps ensure more chicks survive.

Gray Partridge has strong legs and feet that help them run quickly and forage on the ground for food.

Maße und Details

Länge: 28-32 cm
Flügelspannweite: 45-48 cm
Gewicht: 0.3-0.5 kg
Lebenserwartung: 2-4 Jahre
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Gelegegröße: 10-18
Brutzeit: 23-25 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Gray Partridges mostly munch on seeds, grains, and green plants, but chicks also love tasty insects!

Altersunterschiede: Chicks primarily eat protein-rich insects for growth; adults shift to mostly plant material.

Hauptnahrung

seeds
cereal grains
young leaves
aphids
beetles
grasshoppers

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

A common predator for adults and eggs in their grassland habitats.

eaten by

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Hunts partridges from above in open field environments.

eats

Common Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Feeds on fallen grains and young shoots in agricultural fields.

eats

Black Bean Aphid

Aphis fabae

Chicks rely on these small insects for essential protein.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

Gefiedert beschreibt Tiere, hauptsächlich Vögel, die ein Federkleid besitzen.

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Getarnt

Getarnt beschreibt Organismen, die über eine Färbung oder Musterung verfügen, durch die sie mit ihrer Umgebung verschmelzen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.