AnimalsDo Partridges Really Live in Pear Trees?24 December 2017Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) in autumn colour at the Riverside Zoo. Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States of America.Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic CreativeA pair of European turtle doves rest in Hungary. The birds make a call that sounds like "turr, turr."Photograph by Orsolya Haarberg, National Geographic CreativeCanada geese fly over a misty lake in London.Photograph by Alex Saberi, National Geographic CreativeThe fluffy Favorelles chicken (pictured, an animal in Washington State) may be the inspiration for the French hen in the song.Photograph by Janet Horton, AlamyTwo mute swans float on a lake at sunrise in London.Photograph by Alex Saberi, National Geographic CreativeA Eurasian blackbird in the snow in Neuhas im Solling, Germany. European blackbirds are actually more closely related to robins.Photograph by Willi Rolfes, Minden/ National Geographic CreativeAnimals
