Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) - BirdLife species factsheet

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

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References

Arroyo, B., Delibes-Mateos, M., Díaz-Fernández, S., & Viñuela, J. 2012. Hunting management in relation to profitability aims: red-legged partridge hunting in central Spain. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 58(5): 847-855.

Barbanera, F. ; Pergams, O. R. W.; Guerrini, M.; Forcina, G.; Panayide, P.; Dinis, F. 2010. Genetic consequences of intensive management in game birds. Biological Conservation 143(5): 1259-1268.

BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

BirdLife International. In prep. European Red List of Birds. Deliverable to the European Commission (DG Environment) in 2021 under Service Contract ENV.D.3/SER/2018/0018.

Blanco‐Aguiar, J. A., P. González‐Jara, M. E. Ferrero, I. Sánchez‐Barbudo, E. Virgós, R. Villafuerte, and J. A. Dávila. 2008. Assessment of game restocking contributions to anthropogenic hybridization: the case of the Iberian red‐legged partridge. Animal Conservation 11: 535-545.

Casas, F., Arroyo, B., Viñuela, J., Guzmán, J. L., & Mougeot, F. 2016. Are farm-reared red-legged partridge releases increasing hunting pressure on wild breeding partridges in central Spain? European journal of wildlife research 62(1): 79-84.

González‐Redondo, P., M. Delgado‐Pertinez, S. Toribio, F. A. Ruiz, Y. Mena, F. P. Caravaca, and J. M. Castel. 2010. Characterisation and typification of the red‐legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) game farms in Spain. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 8: 624– 633.

IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).

MAPA. 2020. Estadística anual de caza. Tablas resumen 2005-2018. Ministerio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentación. Available at: https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/desarrollo-rural/estadisticas/Est_Anual_Caza.aspx.

McGowan, P.J.K., Kirwan, G.M. and Boesman, P. 2013. Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie and E. de Juana (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Sánchez-García, C., Pérez, J. A., Díez, C., Alonso, M. E., Bartolomé, D. J., Prieto, R., Tizado, E.J. & Gaudioso, V. R. 2017. Does targeted management work for red-legged partridges Alectoris rufa? Twelve years of the ‘Finca de Matallana’demonstration project. European Journal of Wildlife Research 63(1): 24.

Traba, J., & Morales, M. B. 2019. The decline of farmland birds in Spain is strongly associated to the loss of fallowland. Scientific reports 9(1): 1-6.

Tucker, G.M.; Heath, M.F. 1994. Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Further resources

IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library

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