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Alectoris graeca

Photo by Jim Morris in Bavaria, Germany.

[edit] Identification

• Rotund
• Light brown back
• Grey breast
• Buff belly
• White face with black gorget
• Rufous-streaked flanks
• Red legs

[edit] Distribution

Southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open and hilly country.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 5-21 eggs.

Includes a wide variety of seeds and some insect food.

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