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Barbary partridge reddish-brown gorget. It has rufous-streaked white flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings. It is closely related to its western European equivalent, the red-legged partridge ("Alectoris rufa"). It is similar to the red-legged partridge, but it has a different head and neck pattern. The song is a noisy "tre-tre-tre-tre-tre-cheeche-tre-tre-tre". This 33–36 cm bird is a resident breeder in dry, open and often hilly country. It nests in a scantily lined ground scrape laying 10-16 eggs. The Barbary partridge takes a wide variety of