Pheasants & Grouse in France
Our list for France has 9 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 5 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRecorded all year
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiSummer visitorRare100–210 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made