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Scientific Name
Alectoris chukar
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Alectoris chukar (J. E. Gray, 1830)
Park
Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
chukar
Park Synonyms
Alectoris graeca
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderGalliformes
FamilyPhasianidae
GenusAlectoris
SpeciesAlectoris chukar
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Timothy S. Redman and John Rotenberry, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside: Biological Inventory - Birds at Joshua Tree National Park, 2003.
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
introduced game bird; Data Source: Timothy S. Redman and John Rotenberry, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside: Biological Inventory - Birds at Joshua Tree National Park, 2003. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: Timothy S. Redman and John Rotenberry, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside: Biological Inventory - Birds at Joshua Tree National Park, 2003.
Abundance
Occasional
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Timothy S. Redman and John Rotenberry, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside: Biological Inventory - Birds at Joshua Tree National Park, 2003.
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    Invasive species; competes with native quail.
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    Data Source: Michael Vamstad, JOTR Wildlife Ecologist, 2/29/2012.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
2
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
H. De Lisle
Created Date
2/16/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: See synonym Alectoris graeca (TSN# 175910) to view additonal species evidence., Park Species Data Source: De Lisle, H. F. 2000. Birds of Joshua Tree National Park: Annotated Checklist. NATUREBIB-169393., Accepted Detail: American Ornithologists' Union (AOU): www.aou.org (Accessed on-line 1/19/2012).
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