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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Galliformes > Family: Phasianidae > Genus: Alectoris > Species: Alectoris chukar

Chukar - Alectoris chukar (Gray, 1830)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	3 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	heathland and shrub sparsely vegetated land
Natura 2000 species code	A411

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Near Threatened

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
CY6000007	Cyprus	POTAMOS PANAGIAS STAZOUSAS	Map
CY4000016	Cyprus	FARANGIA AGIAS AIKATERINIS - AGIAS PARASKEVIS	Map
CY2000013	Cyprus	PERIOCHI TZIONIA	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex II: Species that may be hunted under national legislation in the geographical sea and land area where this Directive applies (Part A), or only in the Member States in respect of which they are indicated (Part B)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Birds not included in Appendix II)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aziatische Steenpatrijs	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Berghöna	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Chukar	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Chukarhuhn	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Coturnice orientale	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Csukár	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kuropatwa górska	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Perdiz Chucar	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Perdiz-chukar	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Perdrix choukar	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vuoripyy	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II

Other resources

EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:03550	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Alectoris chukar	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

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Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Armenia		6500/14000 (pairs)	1997-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan		30000/100000 (individuals)	1996-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan		8000/25000 (pairs)	1996-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria		1500/3000 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria		1000/10000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Croatia		10/100 (individuals)	2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Cyprus		100000/200000 (pairs)	1991-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Cyprus	Mediterranean	100000/200000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Georgia		30000/100000 (pairs)	1994-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece		26000/26000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece		10000/10000 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	Mediterranean	1000/5000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Russian Federation		2000/7000 (pairs)	1995-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey		500000/1500000 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey		50000/200000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Ukraine		2000/2500 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2