Alectoris chukar (bird)

Mass: 541 g

Diet: omnivore based on Sharma and Kichloo 2015

Abundance: 0.04 to 20.18% (median 0.88%)

Latitudinal range: 29.2° to 45.3°

Habitats: (6), desert/xeric shrubland (3), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1)

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Found in 10 samples

China: Altun Mountains, Mount Kalamaili Ungulate Nature Reserve, Yanchiwan National Nature Reserve

Iran: Qasr-e Ahmad (Holocene)

Israel: Yiftah'el (Holocene), El-Wad Cave (Early Natufian) (Late Pleistocene), El-Wad Cave (Late Natufian) (Late Pleistocene)

Kazakhstan: Begash (Phase 1a) (Holocene)

Lebanon: Moghr el-Ahwal Cave 3 (Phases F & E) (Late Pleistocene)

Turkey: Koycegiz Wildlife Development Reserve

Size measurements:
541 mm(N = 1)based on

See also Alectoris, Alectoris barbara, Alectoris graeca, Alectoris rufa, Alectoris sp.