Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
About the Chukar Partridge
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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 80 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in China, Georgia, Greece, India in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.