Partridge Bird Name Origin

It comes from a name for a hunter or someone who caught partridges. As a surname Ailwardus Pertiz from Old French pertis alteration of perdis perhaps influenced by fem.

Grey Francolin Passaros Aves Animais Pre Historicos

The Gray Partridge is a portly game bird with a rusty face tail streaks down the sides and a dark belly patch.

Partridge bird name origin. They are larger than quails with stronger bills and feet. It walks through agricultural fields and grasslands feasting on seeds. Parsing the Name Partridge.

Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidæ of the Old World. Family Phasianidae pheasants US and Canadian any of various other gallinaceous birds esp the bobwhite and ruffed grouse Word Origin. Partridge any of many small game birds native to the Old World and belonging to the family Phasianidae order Galliformes.

Noun plural -tridges or -tridge any of various small Old World gallinaceous game birds of the genera Perdix Alectoris etc esp P. The genus name is from Ancient Greek alektoris a farmyard chicken and rufa is Latin for red or rufous. The red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes gallinaceous birds.

Partridge n type of four-toed Eurasian bird c. Often called Hungarian partridge or just Huns by. Small groups called coveys forage together year-round and explode into a scratchy squawking flight when disturbed even at a considerable distance.

Often called Hungarian partridge or just Huns by. 1300 partrich late 12c. For New World birds erroneously called partridges see grouse.

As a surname Ailwardus Pertiz from Old French pertis alteration of perdis perhaps influenced by fem. It walks through agricultural fields and grasslands feasting on seeds. On spring evenings just before dark I used to hear a faint drumroll coming from somewhere off in the wooded hills.

It is sometimes known as French partridge to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge. Suffix -tris from Latin perdicem nominative perdix plover lapwing from Greek perdix the Greek partridge a name probably related to perdesthai to break. 1300 partrich late 12c.

Suffix -tris from Latin perdicem nominative perdix plover lapwing from Greek perdix the Greek partridge a name probably related to perdesthai to break wind in reference to the whirring noise of the birds wings from PIE imitative. The Gray Partridge is a portly game bird with a rusty face tail streaks down the sides and a dark belly patch. Middle English partrich from Old French perdriz alteration of perdis from Latin perdīx from Greek perd- in Indo-European roots.

Perdix common or European partridge. From American Heritage Dictionary of the. Scopoli 1786 The crested partridge Rollulus rouloul also known as the crested wood partridge roul-roul red-crowned wood partridge green wood quail or green wood partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes gallinaceous.

From Middle English pertriche partridge via Old French and Latin from Greek perdix either a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of the bird or a nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to it or a habitational name for someone living at a. For dwarf partridges of India called bush. Occupational names that were derived from the common trades of the medieval era transcended European.

Type of four-toed Eurasian bird c. The partridge is noted as a game birdFull many a. Small groups called coveys forage together year-round and explode into a scratchy squawking flight when disturbed even at a considerable distance.

The ancient name of Partridge finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. In an effort to bring clarity to the bevy of African spurfowls partridges and francolins our own bird became enmeshed in an Afro-Asian name change extravaganza. It sounded to me like an old tractor starting up although it seemed like an odd time for a farmer to start work.

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