The chukar partridge, or simply chukar, is a Palearctic upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the rock partridge, Philby'
Chukarhuhn Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2010
Chukar at Chang La, Ladakh, India.
Illustration from Hume and Marshall's Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon
Chukar Patridge from United Arab Emirates
The red-legged partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or
Chukar partridge
…lumped in the past but is browner on the back and has a yellowish tinge to the foreneck. The sharply defined gorget distinguishes this species from the red-legged partridge which has the black collar breaking into dark streaks near the breast. Their song is a noisy chuck-chuck-chukar-chukar from which the name is derived…
Red-legged partridge hanging for sale outside a butcher's shop in Ludlow, Shropshire, England