Grey Partridge

Perdix perdix lucida (Altum, 1894)

2006-07-14 Kozevnikovo, Zelenovsky region, West Kazakhstan oblast	© Askar Isabekov

Description

General colour dark, with the faintly expressed olive or ash-grey tinge on upper parts. Sizes somewhat smaller than robusta. Upper wing coverts, mantle and rump are brown or brownish-black barred (bars on rump and upper tail coverts are rather broad). "Cap" on crown is formed by almost merged black spots which are bordered with narrow grey strip. Ear feathers brown or black-brown. Throat and head-flanks are greyish-red. Scaly pattern on craw is very almost invisible on females. Belly-patch is brownish-red or brown. Flanks are with reddish-brown spots.

Distribution

Breeding in Volga-Ural interfluve.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.