Upland birds
Chukar partridge
Alectoris chukar
- Group
- Upland birds
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Phasianidae
Range
- Asia
- North America
- Europe
- Oceania
Habitat
- Mountain
- Desert
Range
Countries it is found in
43 countries
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Cyprus
- Egypt
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Malta
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Chukar partridge. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:yelena_antipovaCC BY
Cross-reference
Related species
Its closest relatives in the compendium, nearest kinship first.
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Same genus (Alectoris)
Europe
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Same genus (Alectoris)
Europe
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Barbary partridge
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Same genus (Alectoris)
AfricaEurope
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Same subfamily (Perdicinae)
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Same subfamily (Perdicinae)
EuropeNorth America
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Himalayan snowcock
Tetraogallus himalayensis
Same subfamily (Perdicinae)
AsiaNorth America