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Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Hemis National Park
186 Verified records at Hemis National Park
March Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), 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's partridge and Przevalski's partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first. This partridge has well-marked black and white bars on the flanks and a black band running from the forehead across the eye down the head to form a necklace that encloses a white throat. Native to Asia, the species has been introduced into many other places and feral populations have established themselves in parts of North America, Malta and New Zealand. This bird can be found in parts of Middle East and temperate Asia. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Chukar sighting in Hemis National Park, based on 186 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Hemis National Park

Tibetan Partridge
LC

Tibetan Partridge

Bird

Perdix hodgsoniae

<5% · Rare
Himalayan Snowcock
LC

Himalayan Snowcock

Bird

Tetraogallus himalayensis

<5% · Rare
Tibetan Snowcock
LC

Tibetan Snowcock

Bird

Tetraogallus tibetanus

<5% · Rare
Common Quail
LC

Common Quail

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Coturnix coturnix

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
30–40
Feb
40–50
Mar
20–30
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
20–30
Oct
10–20
Nov
30–40
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
2 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
5–10%
4 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
7 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
8 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
9 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
10 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
11 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
12 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
13 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
14 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chukar in Hemis National Park?

About 19% of wildlife watchers report a Chukar sighting in Hemis National Park, based on 186 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Chukar in Hemis National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Chukar in Hemis National Park in our monthly data.

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