Pheasants & Grouse in Fife
Our list for Fife has 5 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Fife in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Red-legged Partridge 32–34 cm
- Red Grouse 37–42 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 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