Perdix

Perdix
Grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Perdix
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Tetrao perdix
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

P. perdix
P. dauurica
P. hodgsoniae

Perdix is a genus of Galliform gamebirds known collectively as the 'true partridges'. These birds are unrelated to the subtropical species that have been named after the partridge due to similar size and morphology.