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Alectoris graeca (Rock Partridge)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This partridge has its main (native) range in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, and is closely related and very similar to its eastern equivalent, the Chukar Partridge, A. chukar. This is a resident breeder in dry, open and often hilly country. It nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 5-21 eggs.
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Infraspecies

Alectoris graeca graeca
Alectoris graeca saxatilis
Alectoris graeca whitakeri

Attributes

Clutch Size [1]  11

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests Greece, Turkey, Macedonia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub  
Alps conifer and mixed forests Italy, France, Switzerland, Slovenia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Appenine deciduous montane forests Italy Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Balkan mixed forests Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Dinaric Mountains mixed forests Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Yugoslavia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Illyrian deciduous forests Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests Italy, France Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests France, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Pannonian mixed forests Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Pindus Mountains mixed forests Albania, Greece Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Rodope montane mixed forests Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
South Appenine mixed montane forests Italy Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests France, Italy Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub    
Western European broadleaf forests Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
AISTHITIKO DASOS KALAVRYTON 5896 Greece  
Alburni 62686 Italy  
Appennino Lucano, Valle Agri, Monte Sirino, Monte Raparo 90310 Italy  
Berchtesgaden Alps National Park II 51433 Germany
Dalla Gola del Fiastrone al Monte Vettore 64008 Italy  
Golfo di Orosei 71515 Italy  
Gurgler Kamm Biosphere Reserve 3707 Austria  
KOILADA TIMIOU PRODROMOU-MENOIKION 73269 Greece  
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  
Monte Cervati e dintorni 91212 Italy  
Monte Nerone e Monti di Montiego 22640 Italy  
New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve   New Jersey, United States  
OROS FALAKRO 62973 Greece  
Parc National Suisse National Park Ia   Switzerland
Parco Del Cilento e Vallo de Diano National Park 551095 Italy
Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio National Park V 333737 Italy
Prespa National Park II 62043 Greece  
Triglav National Park II   Slovenia
Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Depression) Zapovednik Ia 798640 Tuva, Russia
Velebit Mountain National Park V   Croatia

Important Bird Areas

BirdLife Species Factsheet: View Factsheet
Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Abruzzo National Park Italy B2, B3, C2, C6
Acheron delta and gorge Greece A3, A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Adamello-Brenta Italy A3, B2, C6
Akarnanika mountains Greece A3, B2, B3, C6
Aletsch region Switzerland A3, B2
Alto Garda Bresciano Italy C6
Anapo gorges Italy A3, B2, B3, C6
Athamanika mountains (Tzoumerka) Greece B2, C6
Bec de Crigne France B2, C6
Bregaglia valley Switzerland A3, B2
Camonica valley Italy B2, C6
Central Balkan Bulgaria A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C6
Central Valais between Sierre and Visp Switzerland A3, B2, B3
Cicolano Italy B2, B3, C6
Delimidi and Fteri mountains, Agrafa Greece B2, C6
Dobrostan Bulgaria A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C6
Furlo gorge and Mount Catria Italy B3, C6
Giulie Pre-Alps Italy C6
Gran Paradiso Italy A3, B2, C6
Gran Sasso and Laga mountains Italy A3, B2, C1, C6
Grigne Italy B2, C6
Haut Giffre France B2, C6
Heinzenberg mountain and surrounding valleys Switzerland A3, B2, B3
Hohe Tauern National Park Austria B2, C6
Kopaonik Serbia B2
Kresna Gorge Bulgaria A3, B2, B3, C6
Lagorai mountains Italy B2, C6
Lake Distos Greece A3, B2, C2, C6
Lake Skadar Montenegro A1, A3, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2
Les Bauges France B2, C6
Ligurian Alps Italy B2, C6
Lower Engadine and Swiss National Park Switzerland A3, B2, B3
Lucretili mountains Italy C6
Madonie Italy A1, C1, C6
Maggia valley Switzerland A3, B2
Maiella, Pizzi and Frentani mountains Italy B2, B3, C2, C6
Maritime Alps Italy A3, B1iv, B2, C5, C6
Mavrovouni mountain, Larissa Greece A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6
Mesta Valley Bulgaria A3, B2, C6
Mont Blanc (Italian side) Italy A3, C6
Mount Cervati Italy B2, C6
Mount Cofano, Cape San Vito and Mount Sparagio Italy A3, B2, C6  
Mount Grappa Italy A1, B1iv, B2, C1, C5, C6
Mount Helmos (Aroania) Greece B2
Mount Iti Greece B2, B3, C6
Mount Olympos Greece A3, B2, B3, C6
Mount Pangaio Greece B2, B3
Mount Taigetos Greece A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C2, C6
Mount Vardousia Greece B2, B3, C6
Mount Ziria (Killini) Greece B2
Mounts Orsomarso and Verbicaro Italy C6
Nebrodi Italy B2, C6
Neretve delta Croatia A3, B1i
Nockberge National Park Austria B2, C6
Osogovo Mountain Bulgaria B2
Parc National de la Vanoise France A3, B2, C2, C6
Parc National des Ecrins France B2, C2, C6
Parc National du Mercantour France B2, B3, C2, C6
Piora: Dötra Switzerland A3, B2
Pirin Bulgaria A3, B2, B3, C6
Pollino Italy B2, C6
Pre-alpine region of Pays d'Enhaut Switzerland A3, B2, B3
Pre-alpine region of Schwyz Switzerland A3, B2, B3
Prokletije Serbia A3, B2, B3
Rieti mountains Italy B2, C6
Sara mountain Serbia A1, A3, B2
Sibillini mountains Italy A3, B2, C6
Simplon region Switzerland A3, B2, B3
Sirente, Velino and Duchessa mountains Italy A1, B2, C1, C6
Southern and eastern part of Mount Parnassos Greece A3, B2, B3, C6
Southern Mani, Mount Sanghias and Cape Tenaro Greece A3, B2, B3
Stara mountain-Vidlic Serbia B2, B3
Stelvio National Park Italy A3, B2, C6
Timfi (Gamila) and Smolikas mountains Greece A3, B2, C6
Triglav National Park Slovenia A3, B2, B3
Uvac-Milesevka Serbia A1, B2
Vallée du Haut-Guil France B2, C6
Valley of Zermatt Switzerland A3, B2, B3
West and north Zakynthos Greece A3, B1i, C2
Western Balkan Bulgaria A1, A3, B2, B3, C1, C6

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Predators

Heteromargarodes chukar <Unverified Name>[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acuaria hamulosa <Unverified Name>[3]
Aonchotheca caudinflata <Unverified Name>[3]
Ascaridia compar <Unverified Name>[3]
Ascaridia galli[3]
Brachydistomum ventricosum <Unverified Name>[3]
Brachylaima fuscatus[3]
Brachylecithum coturnixi <Unverified Name>[3]
Brachylecithum papabejani <Unverified Name>[3]
Choanotaenia infundibulum[3]
Corrigia corrigia[3]
Corrigia plesiostomum <Unverified Name>[3]
Corrigia skrjabini <Unverified Name>[3]
Cyrnea eurycerca <Unverified Name>[3]
Dicrocoelium petrowi <Unverified Name>[3]
Dispharynx nasuta <Unverified Name>[3]
Hartertia gallinarum <Unverified Name>[3]
Heterakis altaica <Unverified Name>[3]
Heterakis dispar <Unverified Name>[3]
Heterakis gallinarum[3]
Heterakis tenuicauda <Unverified Name>[3]
Lyperosomum schikhobalowi <Unverified Name>[3]
Metroliasthes lucida <Unverified Name>[3]
Philophthalmus lucipetus[3]
Platynosomum alectoris <Unverified Name>[3]
Postharmostomum commutatum <Unverified Name>[3]
Postharmostomum gallinum <Unverified Name>[3]
Subulura brumpti <Unverified Name>[3]
Subulura curvata <Unverified Name>[3]
Subulura differens <Unverified Name>[3]
Syngamus trachea (gapeworm)[3]
Tamerlania zarudnyi <Unverified Name>[3]
Tetrameres lhuillieri <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichostrongylus tenuis[3]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Tirol
Attica Zoological Park S.A.
Chahinkapa Zoo
Moscow Zoological Park
Patronato del Parque Zoologico de Leon
Rome Zoo-Fondazione Bioparco di Roma
Tallinn Zoo
Tiergarten der Stadt Nürnberg
Zoo de Santillana y Parque Cuaternario
Zoo Dortmund
Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt

Range Map

Link to Map
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China);

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 08-Jun-2005, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Natura 2000, UK data: © Crown copyright and database right [2010] All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017955 ♦ Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by BirdLife International (2011) Bird species distribution maps of the world.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011