Pheasant / Partridge

Phasianus colchicus / Perdix perdix / Alectoris rufa

✓What to do NOW

1Pick up gently, holding the wings against the body with both hands
2Pheasants can scratch with their feet — keep the legs restrained
3Dark box with ventilation holes, soft cloth on the bottom
4After vehicle collisions (very common cause): dark and quiet for 1–2 hours
5If it does not recover: contact CRAS or vet

✗NEVER do this

✗Do not feed without guidance
✗Do not expose to bright light or noise
✗Do not keep in an open cage with other animals

⚠ Important note

The pheasant is one of the birds most often killed on Italian roads. Collisions occur mainly at dawn and dusk when they cross roads between fields and woods. The grey partridge is in sharp decline in intensive farmland areas. Gamebirds found after hunting seasons may have embedded shot pellets — inform the CRAS.

⚖ Legal protection

The pheasant and red-legged partridge are huntable species with a hunting calendar. The grey partridge is in decline and in some regions subject to strict limitations. The wild quail is protected.

Also known as

pheasantcommon pheasantred-legged partridgegrey partridgequailrock partridge

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