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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Perrins, C.M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,930,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	300000-800000 mature individuals	-	estimated	2012
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The European population is estimated at 7,500-20,000 pairs, which equates to 15,000-40,100 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms <5% of the global range so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is approximately 300,000-800,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The species is declining owing to over-hunting and, locally, habitat loss caused by agricultural intensification (del Hoyo et al. 1994). In Europe the population size trend is unknown (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Algeria	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
Egypt	extant	native	yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native	yes
Italy	extant	native	yes
Libya	extant	native	yes
Mauritania	extant	native	yes
Morocco	extant	native	yes
Portugal	extinct	introduced		yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
Tunisia	extant	native	yes
Western Sahara	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Algeria	Belezma
Gibraltar (to UK)	Rock of Gibraltar
Italy	Asinara island, Piana island and Stintino peninsula
Italy	Cape Caccia and Conte port
Libya	Bumbah Gulf
Libya	Jabal al Akhdar
Libya	Karabolli
Libya	Nefhusa
Morocco	Canton Forestier de Sidi Bou Ghaba
Morocco	Msseyed
Morocco	Parc National de Souss-Massa and Aglou
Morocco	Parc National de Tazekka
Morocco	Parc National de Toubkal
Morocco	Parc National du Haut Atlas Oriental
Morocco	Parc Naturel d'Ifrane
Morocco	Parc Naturel de Talassemtane
Morocco	Région Fouchal - Matarka
Spain	Arico pine woodland
Spain	Centinela mountain and La Esquina plain
Spain	El Médano coast
Spain	El Roque coastal cliffs
Spain	Famara crag
Spain	Famara sandy plain
Spain	Garajonay National Park
Spain	Gully of Ajuí-Betancuria
Spain	Haría-Tabayesco
Spain	Lajares sandy plain-Cotillo-Ezquinzo
Spain	Lanzarote islets
Spain	Llano Grande - Malpaís Grande - Malpaís Chico
Spain	Mountain of Agua, gully of Los Cochinos and gully of Cuevas Negras
Spain	Plains of La Corona-Las Honduras
Spain	Rasca lava fields-Guaza mountain-Las Mesas plain
Spain	Tenegüime gully
Tunisia	Bouhedma
Tunisia	Chaâmbi
Tunisia	El Feidja
Tunisia	Ichkeul
Tunisia	Îles Kerkennah
Tunisia	Jbel el Haouaria
Tunisia	Plaines de Kairouan
Tunisia	Sebkhet Ennoual
Tunisia	Sebkhet Kelbia
Tunisia	Sebkhet Sidi Mansour
Tunisia	Steppe de Gafsa

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Temperate	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/barbary-partridge-alectoris-barbara on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.