Pheasants & Grouse in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 6 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiaeScarceRare100–120 cmRegularly Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Red-legged Partridge 32–34 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
- Golden Pheasant 90–105 cm
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant 100–120 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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