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Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

34,405Records since 2000
MayPeak month
96Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3,625
Feb2,695
Mar3,209
Apr4,680
May4,698
Jun2,289
Jul1,480
Aug1,894
Sep2,013
Oct2,685
Nov2,010
Dec1,871

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England4,256
2Norfolk England2,347
3Halton England1,493
4Lincolnshire England1,403
5East Riding of Yorkshire England1,335
6Kent England1,172
7Salford England1,101
8North Yorkshire England1,052
9Suffolk England851
10East Lothian Scotland845
11Oxfordshire England811
12Doncaster England751
13Aberdeenshire Scotland614
14Fife Scotland595
15North Tyneside England537
30,880 England3,160 Scotland40 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
34,405
Peak month
May
Counties with records
96
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Perdix perdix
Also known as
Grey Partridge
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
35,003
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Galliformes
Family
Phasianidae
Genus
Perdix
Name with authority
Perdix perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26106 · GBIF 2473958