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BirdLife International. 2004. Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.

Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. 1980. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic, Volume II: Hawks to Bustards. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

IUCN. 2018. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 15 November 2018).

IUCN. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2019).

McGowan, P.J.K. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. Chukar (Alectoris chukar). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Panayides, P., Guerrini, M. and Barbanera, F. 2011. Conservation genetics and management of the Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar in Cyprus and the Middle East. Sandgrouse 33(1): 34-43.

Pantelis, V.S. 1980. The Cyprian Chukars (Alectoris chukar cypriotes). In: Coles, C.L.; Reydellet, M.; van Tuyll, G.; van Maltzahn, L.; Bugalho, J. (ed.), Partridges of the Alectoris genus, pp. 18-24. International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, Paris.

Papavangelou, E. 1980. General situation of the partridge species in Greece. In: C.L. Coles, M. Reydellet, G. van Tuyll, L. van Maltzahn and J. Bugalho (eds), Partridges of the Alectoris genus, pp. 71-77. International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, Paris.

Rich, T.D., Beardmore, C.J., Berlanga, H., Blancher, P.J., Bradstreet, M.S.W., Butcher, G.S., Demarest, D.W., Dunn, E.H., Hunter, W.C., Inigo-Elias, E.E., Martell, A.M., Panjabi, A.O., Pashley, D.N., Rosenberg, K.V., Rustay, C.M., Wendt, J.S. and Will, T.C. 2004. Partners in flight: North American landbird conservation plan. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

Serez, M. 1992. Status and conservation of Phasianidae in Turkey. Gibier Faune Sauvage 9: 523-526.

Watson, G. E. 1962. Three sibling species of Alectoris partridge. Ibis 104: 353-367.

IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chukar Alectoris chukar. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chukar-alectoris-chukar on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.