Chukar Partridge Call MP3s
A field-ready Chukar recording for locating coveys, testing calling technique, or brushing up on this bird's sharp, chuckling voice before a hunt.
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About this species
Around 34 cm in length, the Chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a ground-dwelling gamebird: clean grey-buff with boldly black-barred white flanks, a red bill and red legs. It clings to dry, rocky hillsides, terraces and stony scrub.
Its loud, accelerating 'chuck-chuck-chukar' chorus rings across dry hillsides. It feeds on seeds, leaves, shoots and insects scratched from dry ground. It lives in coveys that prefer to run uphill and only burst into flight at the last moment. Closely tied to farmland and scrub, its fortunes have long mirrored those of traditional mixed agriculture across Europe.
Legal use
Chukar Partridge is native to a broad arc from Turkey and the Caucasus through the Middle East, Iran and Central Asia to the western Himalayas, where it remains a popular game bird hunted under national wildlife laws of varying strictness (for example, regulated seasons exist in Tajikistan). It is not native to North America, but following large-scale releases in the early-to-mid 20th century it is now a firmly established, popular upland game bird across the western United States (notably Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Washington) and parts of western Canada, with regulated seasons and bag limits set by state and provincial wildlife agencies. Because native-range regulations are far less consistently documented than the well-managed US/Canada seasons, confirm local rules wherever you hunt and see our full country-by-country disclaimer.