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The chukar is a rotund 32–35 cm (13–14 in) long partridge, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The shades vary across the various populations. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks, red legs and coral red bill. Sexes are similar, the female slightly smaller in size and lacking the spur. The tail has 14 feathers, the third primary is the longest while the first is level with the fifth and sixth primaries.
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When to see the Chukar Partridge
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Chukar Partridge
The map shades 37 countries with regular records, and 9 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Sweden, United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, France, Finland, Germany, Bahamas, Spain.
About the Chukar Partridge
The chukar partridge, 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.
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Easily confused with
Rock PartridgeAlectoris graecaThe rock partridge is a rotund bird, with a light brown back, grey breast and buff belly.
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbaraThe Barbary partridge is a rotund bird, with a grey-brown back, grey breast and buff belly.
Arabian PartridgeAlectoris melanocephalaLarger than other members of its genus, Alectoris, the Arabian partridge reaches a length of about 41 cm (16 in).
Side by side: Chukar Partridge vs Red-legged Partridge · Chukar Partridge vs Rock Partridge · Barbary Partridge vs Chukar Partridge · Arabian Partridge vs Chukar Partridge
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