Species factsheet

Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)

Order: Alectoris chukar
Family: Pheasants, Fowl & Allies (Phasianidae)

Danish name: Chukarhøne

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

kleini

n Greece though Bulgaria and n Turkey to the Caucasus

cypriotes

Crete, Rhodes, Cyprus, sw and sc Turkey

kurdestanica

se Turkey, n Syria, n Iraq to n Iran

sinaica

Syria to Sinai Pen. (Egypt)

werae

e Iraq, sw Iran

koroviakovi

ne and e Iran to w Pakistan

subpallida

c Turkmenistan to c Uzbekistan and n Afghanistan

falki

w Uzbekistan to nc Afghanistan and w China

dzungarica

Tien Shan Mts. (e Kazakhstan, w China) to nw Mongolia

pallida

w Xinjiang (w China)

pallescens

ne Afghanistan to w Tibet

chukar

e Afghanistan to Nepal

potanini

w Mongolia, nw China

pubescens

ne Xinjiang ( w China) to sw Mongolia and n Ningxia (c China)

Photos

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