Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region
showing areas
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Alectoris rufa 
Open rocky or scrubby areas, farms. 
Sw Europe from France,  s to Iberian Peninsula, Corsica and nw Italy.  Hybridizes with graeca in the s French Alps.  Introduced  British Isles (now rare), c Europe; on Gran Canaria in the Canary Is., Madeira I. and the Azores.
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Alectoris barbara
Rocky and scrubby hillsides, ravines with bushes or junipers, mostly in desert areas. 
Canary Is.; Gibraltar, Sardinia and n Africa from Morocco e to nw Egypt and s to se Algeria, sw Libya, n Chad and n Mauritania.
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Ammoperdix griseogularis
Dry rocky slopes with sparse vegetation, forest areas with cliffs. 
From se Turkey and the Middle East e to the Transcaucasus and Pakistan.
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Alectoris rufa
Red-legged Partridge
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Common
Formerly bred Germany
Introduced: British Is, Azores
Madeira, [Gran Canaria ?]
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Alectoris barbara
Barbary Partridge
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Common
Introduced: Gibraltar, 
Sardinia, Canary Is
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Ammoperdix griseogularis
See-see Partridge
Locally common
Occurs: n.Syria
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Ammoperdix heyi
Desert, especially rocky areas. 
Egypt from the Nile Valley e to the Sinai Peninsula; ne Sudan, Ethiopia, Near East and Arabia.
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Francolinus francolinus
Grassland, scrubby and bushy areas, marshes. 

From Cyprus, s Turkey and Near East e through Middle East (Iran, Iraq, 
s Afghanistan) to Pakistan and n India.  Formerly in s Europe, now extirpated.  Introduced  Guam, Hawaiian Is., sw Louisiana, s Florida, 
but now rare or extirpated.
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Francolinus bicalcaratus
Pternistis bicalcaratus
Grasslands, savanna. 
From w Morocco, sw Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, s Mali, Burkina Faso, s Niger and sw Chad s to Gulf of Guinea and s Cameroon.
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Ammoperdix heyi
Sand Partridge
Locally common
extends: s.Syria
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Francolinus francolinus
Black Francolin
quite numerous
S Europe
Reintroductions:  Italy 
(Tuscany)
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Francolinus bicalcaratus
[* Pternistis]
Double-spurred Francolin
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Local uncommon
Morocco
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Index Families
Phasianidae   18 sp
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07-08-09-10-11-12
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2001 by Alberto Masi