Rock partridge
| Rock partridge | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Alectoris |
| Species: | A. graeca |
| Binomial name | |
| Alectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Perdix graeca Meisner, 1804 | |
The rock partridge or common rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) is a gamebird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae, of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds). It is native to southern Europe, and is closely related and very similar to its eastern equivalent, the chukar partridge, A. chukar.