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Birds seen on farmland in the UK: Red-legged Partridge

Bodies to Bones - Red-legged Partridge http://www.btbones.co.uk/PBredleggedpartridgeskeleton.html
Brilliant site for anyone wishing to study the anatomy of the red-legged partridge. Offers photographs of skeleton of adult male.

British Garden Birds - Red-legged Partridge
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/red-legged_partridge.htm
Get to know who imported the red-legged partridge into Britain in the 17th century and why. Enjoy sound clip of cackling call.

British Trust for Ornithology - Red-legged Partridge
http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004/wcrrelpa.htm
Research into what game guns have to do with UK conservation listing. Provides table recording changes to population of Red-legged Partridge 1967-2002. 

Cliff Buckton - Red-legged Partridge
http://homepage.virgin.net/cliff.buckton/Birding/Spain/Rlegpart.htm
Study the red-legged partridge in natural habitat at close range with this photograph taken by enthusiast in Spain. 

GBWF - Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa
http://www.gbwf.org/francolin/rufa.html
Peruse notes from Aviculture and Conservation of Galliformes regarding range, habitat, and status in the wild. No images. 

MangoVerde - Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec38-14.html
Hear audio clip of call to recognize this bird that blends perfectly into its natural environment. Plus four colour images. 

Quail Place, That - Red-legged Partridge
http://www.shaywood.com/partridge/redleg1.htm
Check out article that describes the four subspecies of the red-legged partridge. Plus data on breeding and colour image.

RSPB - Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/r/redleggedpartridge/
Begin to recognize the areas of UK that have been colonized by large bird from France and Spain. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds also offers colour illustration.

Stoke-on-Trent Museums - Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa
http://www2002.stoke.gov.uk/museums/pmag/Nof_website1/species/birds/birdsR/pages/redleg01.htm
Supplies historic background and offers detail about physical attributes, number of clutches, and number of eggs in each clutch. Colour photography the of bird in snow.

Tiscali Reference - Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_red-legged_partridge.html
Digest concise account of bird that is difficult to visually define sexes. Find collective noun for a group, plus colour photograph.

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