Meaning of "rock partridge" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ROCK PARTRIDGE

rock partridge  [rɒk ˈpɑːtrɪdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCK PARTRIDGE

Rock partridge is a noun.

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WHAT DOES ROCK PARTRIDGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rock partridge

The rock partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This partridge has its main 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. The rock partridge takes a wide variety of seeds and some insect food. The rock partridge is a rotund bird, with a light brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings. It is very similar to the chukar partridge, but is greyer on the back and has a white, not yellowish foreneck. The sharply defined gorget distinguishes this species from red-legged partridge. The song is a noisy ga-ga-ga-ga-chakera- chakera- chakera. This species is declining in parts of its range due to habitat loss and over-hunting.

Definition of rock partridge in the English dictionary

The definition of rock partridge in the dictionary is the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca.

TRANSLATION OF ROCK PARTRIDGE

Find out the translation of rock partridge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rock partridge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rock partridge» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 岩鹧鸪
• Translator English - Spanish: perdiz griega
• English: rock partridge
• Translator English - Hindi: रॉक तीतर
• Translator English - Arabic: الحجل الصخور
• Translator English - Russian: рок куропатка
• Translator English - Portuguese: perdiz de rock
• Translator English - Bengali: শিলা অংশ
• Translator English - French: perdrix bartavelle
• Translator English - Malay: Partridge batu
• Translator English - German: Steinhuhn
• Translator English - Japanese: 岩のヤマウズラ
• Translator English - Korean: 바위 자고
• Translator English - Javanese: Partridge rock
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chim đa đa đá
• Translator English - Tamil: ராக் பாக்ரிட்ஜ்
• Translator English - Marathi: रॉक पॅट्रिज
• Translator English - Turkish: Kaya keklik
• Translator English - Italian: Coturnice
• Translator English - Polish: kuropatwa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: рок куріпка
• Translator English - Romanian: potârnichea de stâncă
• Translator English - Greek: πετροπέρδικα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: rock patrys
• Translator English - Swedish: vagga rapphöns
• Translator English - Norwegian: rockerapphøne

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCK PARTRIDGE»

Discover the use of rock partridge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rock partridge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Rock Partridge Quails: Small and compact, with very short tails; more often heard than seen; flight rather loose, swinging; sexes similar. Very skulking. Pheasants: Large gamebirds, with long pointed tails which in flight trail behind whirring or ...

Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P. A. D. Hollum, 2001

Partridges, Quails, Francolins, Snowcocks, and Guineafowl: ...

... snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis Himalayan snowcock Tetraophasis obscurus Verreaux's monal-partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii Szechenyi's monal-partridge Alectoris philbyi Philby's rock partridge Alectoris magna Przhevalski's rock ...

Philip J. K. McGowan, 1995

Rock Partridge

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Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011

The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the ...

Voice of Red-legged Partridge is rather similar, but Rock Partridge quite different. TAXONOMY Formerly considered conspecific with Rock Partridge A. graeca. GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION Slight. 5 races (kleini and sinaica illustrated). Clinal ...

Mark Beaman, Steve Madge, 2010

Echoes on Rimrock: In Pursuit of the Chukar Partridge

The chukar partridge (alias rock partridge, chukar, chukor, Indian hill partridge) comprises a genus of birds with remarkably wide distribution in diverse habitats throughout the world, habitats that in many cases are extremely remote. Naturalists ...

Buddy Levy, 2010

New Generation Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

BROODS 1 (but see p. 253). INC 17-20. 9. YOUNG fug. independent at 30-50. 9. IMM 0. AGE 1. 8. FOOD mainlv seeds and invertebrates. ROCK PARTRIDGE Alectoris gracca 33cm. d" 650 750g, 9 500-650g. Similar to Chukar except for small ...

Christopher M. Perrins, David Attenborough, Norman Arlott, 1987

A Checklist of the World's Bird Species

... Partridge Alectoris barbara Barbary Partridge Arborophila rufogularis Rufous- throated Partridge Alectoris chukar Chukar Arborophila torqueola Hill Partridge Alectoris graeca Rock Partridge Caloperdix oculea Ferruginous Partridge Alectoris ...

David Boyd, 2006

Serbia

Birds ofthe area include black stork, honey buzzard, black kite, golden eagle, lesser spotted and booted eagle, peregrine falcon, hazel grouse, rock partridge, corncra ke, stock dove, eagle owl, alpine swift, sombretit,ortolan bu nting.The added ...

Laurence Mitchell, 2013

Dictionary of Newfoundland English

I wore many a sweater dyed with rock dye. rock flower: fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) (1956 ROULEAU 36). rock partridge, rocker: Welch's rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus welchi); GROUSE, PARTRIDGE. 1876 HOWLEY 60 Rock ...

George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990

Where The Birds Make Their Nests

There are two kinds of partridges found in Israel; the sand partridge, ( Ammoperdix heyi) and the rock partridge, (Alectoris graeca). The sand partridge is seen in Egypt and Palestine and parts of South Arabia. The rock partridge is seen ...

R. Mark Gaffney, 2010