Chukar partridge: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the chukar partridge lives – recorded in 23 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Alectoris chukar
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	23 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	650 g (male organism, adult weight); 565 g (female organism, adult weight); 22.5 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the chukar partridge live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chukar partridge in 23 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Canada, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a chukar partridge?

Wikidata records the following for the chukar partridge: mass 650 g (male organism, adult weight); 565 g (female organism, adult weight); 22.5 g (birth weight).

Is the chukar partridge endangered?

The chukar partridge’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the chukar partridge?

The chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae, genus Alectoris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chukar partridge (revision 1379736136), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194043 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).