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Phasianidaeturkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges
Identification
Alectoris chukar (chukar)
Date Taken
June 30, 2005
Location
North Salt Lake, Utah
Caption
Female chukar brooding five nestlings (clutch size of this nest was 10, with 2 unhatched at this time) in a suburban backyard.
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- Behavior
- Subject
- Eggs
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- Live Animal
- Subject
- Nest
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Female
- Life Stages And Gender
- Hatchling
- Behaviors
- Parental Care :: Nesting
Contributors
Carla Hewitson (photographer; copyright holder)
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Aves birds
- Order Galliformes chicken-like birds
- Family Phasianidae turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges
Related Taxa
- Species Alectoris chukar chukar
- Species Bonasa umbellus ruffed grouse
- Species Canachites canadensis spruce grouse
- Species Centrocercus minimus Gunnison sage grouse
- Species Centrocercus urophasianus greater sage grouse
- Species Coturnix adansonii African blue quail
- Species Coturnix chinensis blue-breasted quail or king quail
- Species Coturnix coromandelica rain quail
- Species Coturnix coturnix common quail
- Species Coturnix delegorguei harlequin quail
- Species Coturnix japonica Japanese quail
- Species Coturnix novaezelandiae New Zealand quail
- Species Coturnix pectoralis stubble quail
- Species Coturnix ypsilophora brown quail
- Species Crossoptilon mantchuricum brown eared pheasant
- Species Gallus gallus red junglefowl
- Species Lagopus lagopus willow grouse;red grouse
- Species Lagopus leucura white-tailed ptarmigan
- Species Lagopus muta rock ptarmigan
- Species Meleagris gallopavo wild turkey
- Species Meleagris ocellata ocellated turkey
- Species Pavo cristatus Indian peafowl
- Species Perdicula asiatica jungle bush quail
- Species Phasianus colchicus common pheasant
- Species Tragopan satyra satyr tragopan
To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2013. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
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