page_title: Tibetan partridge
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Tibetan partridge / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae, Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India. Français&#160;: Perdrix de Hodgson ou Perdrix du Tibet Perdix hodgsoniae, Hemis National Park, Ladakh, Inde.
context_page_description: The Tibetan partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. They are found widely across the Tibetan Plateau and have some variations in plumage across populations. They forage on the ground in the sparsely vegetated high altitude regions, moving in pairs during the summer and in larger groups during the non-breeding season. Neither males nor females have spurs on their legs.
context_section_description: Somewhat different in appearance from the other Perdix species such as the grey and Daurian partridges this 28–31 cm long partridge has the brown back, blackish belly patch and chestnut flanks of its relatives, but has a striking black and white face pattern, which contrasts with the rufous collar.
  The forehead, broad supercilium, face and throat are white. A broad black stripe runs down the face from below the eyes and it has a broad chestnut hind neck collar. The upper parts are buff, barred with rufous and black. The other tail-feathers are chestnut, tipped with white. The lower plumage is pale buff closely barred with black, with broad chestnut bars on the flanks. The male has a black belly patch which is barred in the female. The female is otherwise similar to the male but duller, and the juvenile is a featureless buff-brown, lacking the distinctive facial and underpart markings of the adult. Sexes are similar in size.
caption: Tibetan partridge (Ladakh, India).
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