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title: "Barbary Partridge"
description: "Alectoris barbara — Birds. The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of the order Galliformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/barbary-partridge
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Barbary Partridge

> Alectoris barbara — Birds. The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of the order Galliformes.

- Scientific name: *Alectoris barbara*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 1664
- Wikidata: [Q202423](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202423)
- iNaturalist taxon: [871](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/871)

## Names

- en: Barbary Partridge
- de: Felsenhuhn
- es: Perdiz Moruna
- fr: Perdrix gambra
- nl: Barbarijse patrijs
- pt: Perdiz-mourisca
- pl: Góropatwa berberyjska

## Countries with the most observations

ES (632), DZ (532), MA (159), GI (74), IT (49), TN (7)

## Summary

The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) is a gamebird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of the order Galliformes. It is native to North Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_partridge

## Photo

![Barbary Partridge](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barbary-partridge/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129732261

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/barbary-partridge?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).