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Illustration of a Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) egg, 36.8 × 27.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Perdix perdix

  • 36.8 × 27.4 mm
  • Clutch: 10–22 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Unmarked buff, brown, or olive.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 100 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 162, 1932), p. 4.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Gray Partridge, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Gray Partridge, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Saskatchewan Museum).
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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