The red-necked partridge (scientific name: Podiceps grisegena) is a migratory bird of the genus Partridge in the family Grebe.
China has only a northern subspecies, which breeds in Heilongjiang and winters in Hebei, central Fujian, Guangdong and other places, passing through Jilin and Liaoning during migration. In the past, it has also been recorded that the nominated subspecies has bred in the Turks River in Xinjiang, China, but it has not been further confirmed.
During the breeding period, the red-necked partridge mainly inhabits inland freshwater lakes, swamps and large ponds, especially lakes and ponds rich in underwater plants and water-standing plants such as reeds and triangular grasses, and is also found in river bends with stable water flow. During the non-breeding period, it mostly inhabits coastal coasts and estuaries. Usually active during the day, often alone or in pairs on the water, and occasionally in small groups, especially during the migration season. Alert temperament, extremely cautious and careful, mostly on the water far from the shore, generally not on land, activities and rest are in the water.
Its nests are also floating nests, built in aquatic grasses and formed by piles of aquatic plants. It usually nests in aquatic vegetation. Each clutch usually lays 4 to 5 eggs,