{"id":2186973,"date":"2025-05-28T13:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:41:29","slug":"red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red-legged Partridge is a western European endemic, resident in Spain (including the Balearic Islands), Portugal, France and extending into NW Italy and Corsica. The disappearance of uncultivated land due to changes in agricultural practice has resulted in the loss of nesting cover and chick food and is directly linked to rapid declines in farmland bird populations in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/datazone.birdlife.org\/species\/factsheet\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Red-legged Partridge <em>Alectoris rufa<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-889-2186973\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-17592\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/ba0i0839_flkr.jpg\" title=\"Red-legged Partridge (Electoris Rufa) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-legged Partridge (Electoris Rufa) \" alt=\"Red-legged Partridge (Electoris Rufa) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_ba0i0839_flkr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-legged Partridge (Electoris Rufa) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-17591\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/ois-perdrixrouge-85o-2053_1905.jpg\" title=\"Red-legged Partridge\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-legged Partridge\" alt=\"Red-legged Partridge\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_ois-perdrixrouge-85o-2053_1905.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-legged Partridge<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-17590\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/091118_red-legged_partridge_alectoris_rufa_garden_bird_tpm_1500.jpg\" title=\"Taking Cover from the Guns!!\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Taking Cover from the Guns!!\" alt=\"Taking Cover from the Guns!!\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_091118_red-legged_partridge_alectoris_rufa_garden_bird_tpm_1500.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Taking Cover from the Guns!!<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-17589\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/copy_0_red_patridge_0.jpg\" title=\"Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)\" alt=\"Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-legged-partridge-alectoris-rufa_1\/thumbs\/thumbs_copy_0_red_patridge_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div 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