Nonmigratory Species: Other Partridges

These birds are roughly pheasant-sized (but lack their long tails). Gray, or Hungarian, partridges (Perdix perdix) were imported from Europe, where they are common from the Czech Republic to Spain and England and are now hunted extensively in the United States, especially in the West. They thrive in grain-producing areas. Chukars (Alectoris chukar), native to Eurasia, have been imported to the United States and are hunted in rocky uplands in the West.

Our own Greater Prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) are large grouse-like birds that are nearly extinct due to habitat loss; they prefer uncultivated tall-grass prairie, which has been largely eliminated by agriculture.