red-legged partridge

red-legged partridge

n (Animals) a partridge, Alectoris rufa, having a reddish tail, red legs and bill, and flanks barred with chestnut, black, and white: common on farmlands and heaths in SW Europe, including Britain

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red-legged partridge - common western European partridge with red legsAlectoris ruffapartridge - small Old World gallinaceous game birdsAlectoris, genus Alectoris - a genus of Perdicidae