What is Chukar?
{{Taxobox | name = Chukar | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Alectoris-chukar-001.jpg | image_caption = National bird of [[Pakistan]] | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Galliformes]] | familia = [[Phasianidae]] | genus = ''[[Alectoris]]'' | species = '''''A. chukar''''' | binomial = ''Alectoris chukar'' | binomial_authority = ([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1830) }} [[File:Perdrix choukar MHNT.jpg|thumb|'' Alectoris chukar falki '']] [[Image:Keklik.jpg|thumb|National bird of Pakistan]] The '''chukar''' (''Alectoris chukar'') is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the [[pheasant]] family [[Phasianidae]] of the order [[Galliformes]], gallinaceous birds. Other common names of this bird include 'Chukker' (sometimes misspelled as 'Chuker'), 'Chukar [[Partridge]]', 'Red-legged Partridge', 'Rock Partridge', 'Indian Hill Partridge', 'Chukka', 'Chukkar', 'Chukor', 'Chukore', 'Chikone', 'Kabk', 'Kau-Kau', and 'Keklik'. The Chukar is the [[List of national birds|National bird]] of [[Pakistan]].{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official National bird and Avifaunae emblem of [[Pakistan]]” respectively''}}. ==Distribution== This partridge has its native range in [[Asia]] from [[Pakistan]] and [[Kashmir]], and [[Afghanistan]] in the east to southeastern Europe in the west, and is closely related and similar to its western equivalent, the Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa. It has been introduced widely, and became established in the United States, [[Canada]], New Zealand and Hawaii. In Great Britain, hybrids between this species and the also introduced Red-legged Partridge are common. == Notes == {{reflist|group=n}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} {{commons|Alectoris chukar}} [[Category:Phasianidae]] [[Category:National symbols of Pakistan]] [[Category:Birds of Pakistan]] [[Category:Birds of Kashmir]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]]