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Where does the Chukar live?

Alectoris chukar has 243,704 records in 89 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

Chukar
Chukar — Olaf Oliviero Riemer / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesGalliformesPhasianidaeAlectoris

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Israel 116,566
United States 60,675
Uzbekistan 8,574
India 7,413
Cyprus 7,026
Türkiye 6,246
Canada 6,226
Greece 5,139
Palestine 4,849
United Arab Emirates 3,705
Iran 3,295
Kazakhstan 1,474
Georgia 1,293
Mongolia 935
China 900
Armenia 818
Kyrgyzstan 643
Azerbaijan 625
Bulgaria 609
Russia 585
South Africa 584
New Zealand 441
Nepal 411
Jordan 394
Sweden 288
Tajikistan 285
Ukraine 285
France 269
Pakistan 255
United Kingdom 220
Lebanon 200
Spain 189
Italy 185
Norway 182
Germany 159
Finland 155
Turkmenistan 145
Iraq 130
Poland 127
Malta 89

Showing the top 40 of 89 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.