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Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Classification

Class
Aves

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 36Italy · 17Belgium · 15Germany · 7France · 6United Kingdom · 5