Pheasants & Grouse in Italy
Our list for Italy has 8 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiScarceRare100–210 cmRegularly Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarScarceRare32–38 cm
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