Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Old World import that took to the prairies. Coveys explode from stubble fields with a startling whir.
- Populasi
- 3,300,000–5,300,000 mature individuals globally (decreasing trend)
- Habitat
- Open, low-intensity mixed farmland, cereal/arable fields, hedgerows, and temperate grasslands/steppe, generally at low elevation (up to ~2,600 m)
- Fakta menarik
- The Grey Partridge hen lays clutches of up to 20-22 eggs, among the largest of any bird species.
- Sebaran
- Native across Europe and the western Palearctic east to southwestern Siberia, with the range also extending to China; introduced and established in North America (as "Hungarian partridge"/"hun"), South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- Makanan
- Mainly seeds and green plant matter as adults (occasional opportunistic insects), but chicks can only digest insects for their first ~10 days of life
- Ukuran
- 0,3 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,46 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
