Chukar
Alectoris chukar
Identification Tips:
- Sexes similar
- Stocky, ground-dwelling quail with short, rounded wings
- Short, thick, red bill
- Red eyering
- Black band above bill, through the eye and across upper neck
- Buff face and throat enclosed by black necklace
- Blue-gray crown, nape, breast and back, with a brownish suffusion on the back
- White belly
- Black bars on pale flanks
- Rufous outer tail feathers visible in flight
- Red legs and feet
- Immatures similar to adults
Similar species:
Gray Partridge has a rusty face without a black necklace, a duller bill and
reddish bars on the flanks.