Partridge Name given to various henlike birds. The partridges of the old world are members of the pheasant family; the European Common or Hungarian species has been successfully introduced into parts of North America. In some parts of United States the name Partridge is misapplied to the ruffed grouse, the Bobwhite , and of the plume quail; in Europe and South American tinamou is called a Partridge.
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