Chukar Profile
by Robert Bales
Title
Chukar Profile
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Found this beautiful chukar the other day and was able to get some close up photos of it.
The chukar is a rotund 32–35 cm (13–14 in) long partridge, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The shades vary across the various populations. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks, red legs and coral red bill. Sexes are similar, the female slightly smaller in size and lacking the spur. The tail has 14 feathers, the third primary is the longest while the first is level with the fifth and sixth primaries.
It is very similar to the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) with which it has been 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. The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) has a reddish-brown rather than black collar with a grey throat and face with a chestnut crown.
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September 7th, 2018
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Comments (28)
Lois Bryan
What a beautiful birdie, Robert ... and talk about a beautiful eye ... great photographic work!!! l/f
Don Columbus
Congratulations Robert, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
William Tasker
Gorgeous bird and shot. Thank you for submitting this wonderful and identified bird image that is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group - L/F
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"