Game animal · Upland bird

Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Chukar (Alectoris chukar)
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The chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian 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 and running down the head to...

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TypeUpland bird
HabitatMountains
HeadgearNone
RegionWestern mountains
Size classSmall
DietHerbivore
Typical weight1 lb

Field weight compared to the heaviest animal in the game.

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Chukar hunting is famously brutal — the birds run uphill through steep rimrock, so the saying goes you hunt them the first time for fun and after that for revenge.

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