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LIFE PERDIX Project of the month on the website of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security

The Italian Partridge (Perdix perdix italica) is now considered extinct in the wild. It is an endemic Italian bird, of medium size, sedentary and walker, closely linked to open rural environments and therefore very vulnerable. Only one strain of individuals with historical genetic makeup survived on a farm in northern Italy.

The project  aims to bring back to nature Perdix perdix italica through genetic analysis, captive breeding and the reintroduction of viable populations within the Natura 2000 site "Valle del Mezzano", Special Protection Area in the Po Delta.

ISPRA coordinates the Project

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