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    Chukar Partridge

    Alectoris chukar subpallida (Zarudny, 1914)

    Кеклик | Кекілік
    2008-04-10
    Eastern Kyzylkum, South-Kazakhstan oblast
    © Andrey Kovalenko

    Description

    General colour the same as shestoperovi, but with more sandy and less greyish shade. Male wing length 161-165 (163), female 148-157 (152) mm.

    Distribution

    Breeding in Kyzylkum desert and generally occurs throughout southern Kazakhstan.

    References

    "Птицы Казахстана" том 2. Алма-Ата, 1962. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.

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    relative taxons

    Alectoris chukar
    (J.E.Gray, 1830)
    Alectoris chukar shestoperovi
    (Sushkin, 1927)
    Alectoris chukar falki
    (Hartert, 1917)
    Alectoris chukar dzungarica
    (Sushkin, 1927)

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