Grey partridge

Grey partridge
Male at Turvey, near Dublin, Ireland
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Perdix
Species:
P. perdix
Binomial name
Perdix perdix
Subspecies

8, see text

Range of P. perdix
  Native range
  Introduced range
Synonyms

Tetrao perdix Linnaeus, 1758

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix) is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge".