Alectoris barbara
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of the order Galliformes. It is native to North Africa. The Barbary partridge has its native range in North Africa, but has been introduced to Gibraltar (ssp. barbara) and the Canary Islands (ssp. koenigi). It has been introduced to continental Portugal and Madeira, though there are no recent records of this species on the latter islands. It is also present in Sardinia.
The Barbary partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is light grey with a broad 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. 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... Wikipedia →
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More parks will be added in future updates.
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| 1 | Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico) | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain |
No species of the same family or order lives in Tunis, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Barbary Partridge sighting in Tunis on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 80th most-seen of the 86 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and April–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Barbary Partridge in Tunis on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–July and September–January, the lowest months. August has too few records to rate.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Barbary Partridge sightings, Tunis ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Marrakesh (Morocco, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Barbary Partridge is recorded against all the birds logged in Tunis (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
