Alectoris graeca shine sunan kimiyya na Rock Partridge, nau'in tsuntsayen namun daji da ake samu a cikin duwatsu, wuraren tsaunuka na kudancin Turai, Arewacin Afirka, da kuma sassan Gabas ta Tsakiya. An samo "Alectoris" daga kalmar Helenanci "alektoris," wanda ke nufin "kaza mace" ko "tsuntsaye na gida," yayin da "graeca" na nufin "Girkanci" a cikin harshen Latin, wanda ke nuna cewa asalin wannan tsuntsu ya fito ne daga Girka. .