Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
About the Barbary Partridge
The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of the order Galliformes. It is native to North Africa. The Barbary partridge has its native range in North Africa, but has been introduced to Gibraltar (ssp. barbara) and the Canary Islands (ssp. koenigi). It has been introduced to continental Portugal and Madeira, though there are no recent records of this species on the latter islands. It is also present in Sardinia. The Barbary partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is light grey with a broad reddish-brown gorget. It has rufous-streaked white flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 44 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.