Grey partridge

The grey partridge is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, native across Europe and the western Palearctic to southwestern Siberia, and introduced to Canada, the United States, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It is a rotund bird with a brown back, grey flanks and chest, and a white belly; males typically show a large chestnut-brown horseshoe mark on the belly, while females look similar but are slightly duller with smaller belly patches, and young birds are mostly yellow-brown and lack the adult markings. It measures 29 to 31 centimeters long with a wingspan of 45 to 48 centimeters, and weighs 320 to 600 grams depending on subspecies. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.