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Chukar Partridge
Alectoris chukar · Family Phasianidae
Alectoris chukar
Family Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 237,780
- Countries and territories with records
- 91
About this species
This species has 237,780 occurrence records from 91 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Israel (49%), the United States (25.6%), India (3.2%), Cyprus (3%) and Türkiye (2.7%); together they account for 83.5% of the total. In Israel, this species accounts for 1.8% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Alectoris chukar combines the genus name Alectoris with the species epithet chukar. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Alectoris; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Alectoris rufa, Alectoris graeca and Alectoris barbara.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 164 species of the family Phasianidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Phasianus colchicus. Its record count is 2.8 times the family average (83,905). The family Phasianidae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.