Chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) Νησιώτικη Πέρδικα - Πέρδικα - Πέρτικος - Cyprus

The chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a super species 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 and running down the head to form a necklace that encloses a white throat. The species has been introduced into many other places and feral populations have established themselves in parts of North America and New Zealand. This bird can be found in parts of Middle East.