Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Asiatiese Patrys
Common Names in Dutch:
Aziatische Steenpatrijs
Common Names in English:
Chuckar, Chuckor, Chukar, Chukar Partridge, Indian Hill Partridge
Common Names in French:
Perdrix Choukar
Common Names in German:
Chukarhuhn
Common Names in Hebrew:
חוגלה ?חגלה?
Common Names in Italian:
Choukar
Common Names in Japanese:
イワシャコ
Common Names in Russian:
Кеклик, Keklik
Common Names in Spanish:
Perdiz Chucar, Perdiz Chukar
Common Names in Swedish:
Berghöna
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,998 meters (0 to 9,836 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
4.4Grassland - Temperate
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Galliformes
()
- Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds
- Genus:
Alectoris
()
- Kaup 1829 Skizz.Entwick.-Gesch.Europ.Thierw. p.180,193
- Specific name:
chukar
- (Gray,JE) 1830 Ill.Ind.Zool.[Hardwicke] 1 pt2 pl.54
- Scientific name: - Alectoris chukar (Gray,JE) 1830
- Specific name:
chukar
- (Gray,JE) 1830 Ill.Ind.Zool.[Hardwicke] 1 pt2 pl.54
- Genus:
Alectoris
(
- Order:
Galliformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Alectoris chukar /i> (Gray, Je) 1830
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alectoris
There are approximately 47 species in this genus:
A. barbara (Barbary Partridge) · A. barbara barbara (Barbary Partridge) · A. barbara barbata · A. barbara koenigi · A. barbara spatzi · A. barbara theresae · A. chukar (Indian Hill Partridge) · A. chukar chukar (Indian Hill Partridge) · A. chukar cypriotes · A. chukar dzungarica · A. chukar falki · A. chukar kleini · A. chukar koroviakovi (Chukar) · A. chukar kurdestanica · A. chukar pallescens · A. chukar pallida · A. chukar potanini · A. chukar pubescens · A. chukar sinaica (Chukar) · A. chukar subpallida · A. chukar werae (Chukar) · A. gracea · A. graeca (Rock Partridge) · A. graeca chukar · A. graeca cypriotes · A. graeca graeca (Rock Partridge) · A. graeca pubescens · A. graeca saxatilis · A. graeca ssp · A. graeca whitaken · A. graeca whitakeri · A. magna (Rusty-Necklaced Partridge) · A. magna lanzhouensis · A. magna magna · A. melanocephala (Arabian Red-Legged Partridge) · A. melanocephala guichardi · A. melanocephala melanocephala (Arabian Red-Legged Partridge) · A. philbyi (Philby's Rock Partridge) · A. rufa (Red-Legged Partridge) · A. rufa australis · A. rufa corsa · A. rufa hispanica · A. rufa intercedens · A. rufa laubmanni · A. rufa rufa (Red-Legged Partridge) · A. rufa ssp · A. rufa x
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. ENG url p. 151, p. 212.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 239.
- Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. ENG url p. 437.
- Postilla. New Haven, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1950-2004. ENG url p. 14.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854449
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13729682
- IUCN ID: 47001
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2615665
Footnotes
- Mean = 843.300 meters (2,766.732 feet), Standard Deviation = 742.190 based on 2,514 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
