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Chukar Partridge

Also known as Alectoris chukar, chukar, Caccabis chukar, chukor partridge

species of bird

AI overview

The Chukar Partridge is a medium-sized game bird native to Asia that has been introduced to various regions around the world, including parts of North America. It is hunted recreationally in many areas and has become established in wild populations, making it ecologically significant as both a game species and an invasive species in some ecosystems.

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Species

Least Concern

More info on this topic. This species can be found in the following regions of the western United States (according to the Bureau of Land Management classification of Physiographic Regions of the western United States):3 Southern Pacific Border 5 Columbia Plateau 6 Upper Basin and Range 7 Lower Basin and Range 8 Northern Rocky Mountains 9 Middle Rocky Mountains 10 Wyoming Basin 11 Southern Rocky Mountains 12 Colorado Plateau 16 Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Alectoris
Mass: 22.5
Image: Chukar Partridge Leh.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Alectoris chukar
Commons category: Alectoris chukar
Commons gallery: Alectoris chukar
wingspan: 51
litter size: 9.2
taxon common name: 石鸡
short name: A. chukar
taxon range: Africa

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Encyclopedic overview

The chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), or simply chukar, is a Palearctic upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the rock partridge, Philby's partridge and Przevalski's partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first. This partridge has well-marked black and white bars on the flanks and a black band running from the forehead across the eye down the head to form a necklace that encloses a white throat. Native to Asia, the species has been introduced into many other places and feral populations have established themselves in parts of North America, Malta and New Zealand. This bird can be found in parts of Middle East and temperate Asia.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chukar Partridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.