What kind of bird is a partridge? What does this poem represent?

Partridge is a kind of partridge bird, also known as stone chicken and small bamboo chicken with red legs. Its common names are Gu Chi, Ji Hua, Huainan, Yuegu, Zhegu, Zhegu and China. It is a common migratory bird.

The image of "partridge" in ancient poems often reveals sadness.

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Living habits

Like single or pair activities, like other chickens, they are good at group activities. Flying fast, often flying in a straight line. They are extremely vigilant and always hide in grass or bushes, which is extremely difficult to be found. Most of them fly to high places after being frightened, which is different from other chickens.

Partridges are omnivorous, mainly feeding on insects such as grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and ants, and also eating various herbs, buds, leaves, berries and seeds of shrubs, as well as scattered grains, rice grains, peanuts, yellow rice and sweet potatoes, Pinellia ternata, fruit of Sophora japonica, rape flowers and so on in farmland.

This male bird also has a beautiful singing voice. In spring, in the morning, the male birds fly down on the high rocks or branches and sing loudly. Usually, a bird sings and a flock of birds respond, one after another, all over Shan Ye, bringing vitality to spring.

They all have very aggressive personalities, and they are also very tough species in order to protect the nest area. Therefore, the origin of partridges has the saying that "a partridge in one mountain is better than crossing the border". This protection of the nesting area makes the nesting birds more evenly distributed, ensuring that both adults and chicks have sufficient food supply during the breeding period.

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