What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Chukar been recorded?

Alectoris chukar occurrence evidence comes from 852 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1922 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Chukar
Chukar — Photo (display-sized rendition): Olaf Oliviero Riemer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesGalliformesPhasianidaeAlectoris

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

852 records across 27 countries and territories, 1922–2026.

Alectoris chukar · GBIF taxon key 2474029

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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.

Records over time

19222026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Chukar has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Chukar. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 511
Sweden 88
Greece 71
Canada 48
Israel 29
China 21
Türkiye 15
Iran 13
Austria 7
Kazakhstan 6
Mongolia 6
Cyprus 5
Georgia 3
India 3
Jordan 3
Russia 3
South Africa 3
Afghanistan 2
Argentina 2
New Zealand 2
Pakistan 2
Uzbekistan 2
ZZ 2
Armenia 1
Belgium 1
Egypt 1
United Kingdom 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.