Chukar, Alectoris chukar

Photo category:
Ungulate Ecosystems - Cyprus
Vertebrates specimen collection
Natural History Museum of Crete exhibition

Photo taken by:
Trikali, M.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Chukar

Fowl - Quail - Guans - Currasows - Megapodes

Birds

Animals

Vertebrates

Ungulate Ecosystems (Cyprus) diorama

Photo of the Chukar, Alectoris chukar, a partridge that lives in Western Asia, but can also reach the eastern islands of the Mediterranean. It is a resistant and physically fit bird that is common to dry rocky regions with little vegetation and water.