Canyon Country Animals
Birds: Chukars
In 1936 the Utah State Fish and Game Department introduced the Asiatic partridge (Alecktoris chukar) into the wild lands of Utah to create a new population of game birds. Chukars are ground-oriented birds who roost on the ground and obtain food by scratching with their feet or pecking with their bill. They eat cheat grass, red-stemmed filaree, and Russian thistle. They are named Chukars because of their chuck-chuck-chuck call.
Photos
Notes
- The photos on this page (and the photo of the Chukar on the main bird page) were taken (by the author) in the campground in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. The Chukars, usually in groups, frequent the campground area and will come right into a camp site with little fear.
- The exception is the photo to the left on this page, which was taken by Mirek Stehno in Grand Wash in 2004.
- We've also seen these striking birds in the backcountry of Nevada and at various other locations in Utah.
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