Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Alectoris graeca [sensu lato] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Alectoris [chukar x graeca] (hybrid)
• Alectoris [chukar x magna] (hybrid)
• Alectoris [chukar x rufa] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аКаҧкаҧ, аШЬхакаҧкаҧ
Afrikaans: Asiatiese Patrys, Kleinrooivalk
Arabic: الشنار (الحجل), الشنّار, حجل الشوكار
Azerbaijani: Adi kəklik, dağ kəkliyi, daş kəkliyi, kəklik, Kelik, qaya kəkliyi, qırmızı kəklik, xınalı kəklik
Belarusian: Курапатка-чукар
Bulgarian: Планински кеклик, Тракийски кеклик
Bengali: চুকায ফাতািআ
Bengali (transliteration): cukāra bātā'i
Breton: Klujar choukar
Catalan: Perdiu chukar, Perdiu grega
Catalan (Balears): Perdiu grega
Montenegrin: jarebica čukara, јаребица чукара
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): јаребица чукара
Czech: Orebice cukar, orebice čukar, Orebice horská
Chuvash: чул чăххи
Welsh: Petrisen siwcar
Danish: Chukarhøne
German: Chukar Steinhuhn, Chukarhuhn, Chukarsteinhuhn, Steinhuhn
Greek: Νησιώτικη πέρδικα, Περδίκι
Greek (Cypriot): Περδίκι
English: Chucor, Chukar, Chukar Partridge, Chukor, Chukor Partridge, Indian Chukor, Rock partridge
English, HBW: Chukar
English (India): Chukar Partridge
English (IOC): Chukar Partridge
English (United States): Chukar
English (South Africa): Chukar Partridge
Esperanto: Azia rokperdriko, Ĉukaro, koliera perdriko, Rokperdriko
Spanish: Perdiz Chucar, Perdiz chúcar, Perdiz chukar, Perdiz turca
Spanish (Spain): Perdiz Chucar
Spanish (HBW): Perdiz chúcar
Spanish (Mexico): perdiz chukar
Estonian: aasia kivikana, Kalju kivikana
Basque: Eper turkiar
Persian: کبک معمولی, کبک کوهپایه
Finnish: Vuoripyy
French: Alectorine choukar, Perdrix bartavelle, Perdrix choukar, Perdrix chukar
Frisian: Aziatyske stienpatriis
Irish: Patraisc thiucair, Patraisc tiucair
Galician: Perdiz chúkar
Hebrew: חגלה, חגלה הסלע, חגלת הסלעים, חוגלה, חוגלת סלעים
Croatian: Čukar, Čukara, Istočna jarebica, Jarebica čukara
Hungarian: Csukár
Armenian: [Karakakav ], Քարակաքավ
Icelandic: Berghæna
Italian: Choukar, Chukar, Ciukar, Coturnice, Coturnice orientale
Japanese (romaji): iwashako, Iwa-shako
Japanese: イワシャコ
Japanese (Kanji): 岩鷓鴣
Georgian: კაკაბი
Kara-Kalpak: кекилик, кеклик
Kabardian: къуршджэд
Mongolian, Halh: хахилаг, эрээнхавирга хахилаг
Kazakh: Кекілік, тау кекілігі, тау шілі, Ұлар
Kazakh (Transliteration): kekilik
Karachay-Balkar: жаз къая тауукъ, къая джаз тауукъ
Kirghiz: кекилик
Scientific: Alectoris chukar, Alectoris chukar chukar, Alectoris chukar kakelik, Alectoris graeca, Alectoris graeca graeca, Perdix chukar, Perdix graeca
Lithuanian: Akmeninis keklikas, Kalninis keklikas, Keklikas
Latvian: čukora
Macedonian: Еребица, Еребица камењарка, Турска еребица камењарка
Mongolian: гогоо тахиа, Хахилаг, хушуу улаан ятуу, Эрээнхавирга хахилаг
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠪᠢᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠠᠬᠢᠯᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠬᠢᠯᠠᠭ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Гогоо тахиа, Хушуу улаан ятуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): ereeŋ-khav'rag khakh'lag, gogoo takhia, khakh'lag, khoshuu ulaaŋ yatuu
Maltese: Ċukar
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): гогоо тахиа, хушуу улаан ятуу
Nepali: चुकर
Dutch: Aziatische Steen Patrijs, Aziatische Steenpartijs, Aziatische Steenpatrijs, Chukar patrijs, Steenpatrijs
Norwegian Nynorsk: Berghøne
Norwegian: Balkanhøne, Berghøne, Steinhøne
Polish: góropatwa azjatycka, Góropatwa skalna, Kuropatwa górska, Kuropatwa skalna
Pinyin: shí-jī
Portuguese: perdiz chukar, Perdiz-chucar, Perdiz-chukar
Portuguese (Portugal): Perdiz-chucar
Romansh: pernisch da gonda
Rhaeto-Romance: Pernisch asiatica
Romanian: Potârniche ciukar
Russian: Keklik, Азиатская каменная куропатка, Азиатский кэклик, Каменная куропатка, Кеклик
Northern Sami: Várrevuonccis
Slovak: kuropatka horská, kuropta čukar, Kuropta horská
Slovenian: turška kotorna
Albanian: Thëllëza e bjeshkës
Serbian: Jarebica kamenjarka, Turska kamenjarka, Јаребица каменјарка
Swedish: Berghöna, Stenhöna
Tajik: кабк, кабки сангзор, кавк, каклик, яъқуб
Turkish: Kaya Kekliği, Kaya Keklişi, Kayakekliği, Keklik, Kınalı keklik, Kırmızı Keklik, kynaly keklik, Taşkekliği, Кекілік
Tatar: кәклик , тау көртлеге, таш көртлеге
Tuvinian: Даг торлаазы, Кеклик
Udmurt: кеклик
Ukrainian: Кеклик, Кеклик кремовогорлий
Uzbek: каклик, тоғ булудуруғи, тоғ каклиги
Kalmyk: какльг, хадын йотун, хәклг, цөлин йотун
Chinese: [duola ji], [gaga ji], [hong-tui ji], [shi-ji], 嘎嘎鸡, 朵拉鸡, 石 鸡, 石雞, 石鸡, 红腿鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 石雞