Translingual

Alectoris rufa

Proper noun

Alectoris rufa f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Phasianidae – the red-legged partridge.

Hypernyms

• (species): Phasianidae - family; Perdicinae - subfamily; Alectoris - genus

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276