: a grayish-brown Eurasian partridge (Alectoris chukar) introduced as a game bird into arid mountainous regions of the western U.S.
called also chukar partridge
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Prior to Sadie, Adkins had used German Shorthair Pointers to hunt pheasants, chukars, grouse, woodcock and quail.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
About 100,000 birds, including pheasants, chukar, Hungarian and French red-legged partridges, were killed by animal health authorities after the finding.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
Some hunters in southern Idaho may dispute this, but Nevada is home to the best wild chukar hunting in the world.
—Matt Hardinge, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2020
Place a chukar atop or beside the squash, and pass the salsa macha at the table.
—Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 30 Sep. 2020
The clays will fly in a few different directions, but always out in front and away from you…just like pheasants, chukar, and quail normally do.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2020
To most, a partridge probably brings to mind something like the plump little chukar, a partridge native to Eurasia and introduced to North America as a game bird.
—National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2017
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
About 100,000 birds, including pheasants, chukar, Hungarian and French red-legged partridges, were killed by animal health authorities after the finding.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
Some hunters in southern Idaho may dispute this, but Nevada is home to the best wild chukar hunting in the world.
—Matt Hardinge, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2020
Place a chukar atop or beside the squash, and pass the salsa macha at the table.
—Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 30 Sep. 2020
The clays will fly in a few different directions, but always out in front and away from you…just like pheasants, chukar, and quail normally do.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2020
To most, a partridge probably brings to mind something like the plump little chukar, a partridge native to Eurasia and introduced to North America as a game bird.
—National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2017
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