Chukar
Chukar: Large, quail-like bird with orange-brown and slate-blue upperparts and breast, and black and rufous barred white flanks. White face has sharp black line extending to neck. Bill and legs are bright pink-red. Escapes danger by running. Direct flight with rapid deep wing beats.
● Song:
"chuck chuck chuck"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Chukar: Eats seeds, grass, forbs, and some shrub fruits; forages on the ground.
● Breeding & nesting:
Chukar: Ten to twenty brown spotted, pale yellow eggs, are laid in a ground nest lined with grass and feathers, usually in the shelter of a rock or bush. Incubation ranges from 22 to 24 days and is carried out by the female.
● Similar species:
Chukar: Gray Partridge has a rust-brown face, duller bill, red bars on flanks, and lacks black necklace.