Pernice rossa

Alectoris rufa

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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.

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  1. (c) Arturo Nikolai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/36836231@N00/2395934049
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alectoris_rufa

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