mocking bird?
The song says 'two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.' So there would be eleven verses in the song that would include them. The total would be 22 turtle doves by the end of the song.
The Twelve Days of Christmas is the song you're looking for. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
A partridge in a pear tree
turkey turtle dove (in the 12 days of Christmas song)
The 12 Days of Christmas is the song that sings about a partridge. Did you ever wonder how many times it mentions the bird? The answer is in the title of course.
partridge
A Partridge.
"..... and a partridge in a PEAR tree ....."
Tony Romeo.
The bird you're thinking of is the "turkey." In the popular Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," one of the gifts mentioned is "a partridge in a pear tree," but turkeys are often associated with the holiday season, especially in the context of Thanksgiving. While turkeys aren't directly mentioned in Christmas carols, they are commonly referenced in festive celebrations.
A partridge in a pear tree.
A partridge is a bird.
In the Christmas carols entitled The Twelve Days of Christmas, there are twelve days of Christmas counted down until the final day is sung as 'and a partridge in a pear tree'.
Any of the birds associated with the season and also the story/song - "on the first day of Christmas". That includes robins, a small light-brown bird with a distinctive red chest, partridge, geese, turkeys, turtle-doves, ducks etc etc etc. For some reason, stylised California and bobwhite quail are common on cards (in the UK at least), probably because they are mistaken for partridge.
Partridge in a pear tree. Specifically, it's from the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" It goes.. "On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree..." And so on!
A partridge a... well... a bird, to put it bluntly.