WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Alectoris chukar | Chukar 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The chukar is native to Eurasia.  It has been widely introduced in North
America and is locally established from south-central British Columbia
south through eastern Washington, Idaho, and central and eastern Montana
to Baja California Norte, southern Nevada, Utah, and eastern Colorado.
Small populations of uncertain status have been reported from Arizona,
New Mexico, western South Dakota, and southern Alberta [4,8].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
FRES28 Western hardwoods
FRES29 Sagebrush
FRES30 Desert shrub
FRES34 Chaparral-mountain shrub
FRES35 Pinyon-juniper


STATES : 


	
AZ
    
CA
    
CO
    
ID
    
MT
    
NV
    
NM
    
OR
    
SD
    
UT
    
WA
 





    
AB
    
BC






    
MEXICO
    




BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K024  Juniper steppe woodland
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K055  Sagebrush steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   220  Rocky Mountain juniper
   238  Western juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   241  Western live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
In North America, the key plant species for chukar habitat is cheatgrass
(Bromus tectorum).  The widespread dominance of cheatgrass has made
possible the successful introduction and establishment of chukars in the
Great Basin [15].  The chukar inhabits sagebrush (Artemisia
spp.)-grasslands, and areas vegetated with ephedra (Ephedra spp.),
bitterbrush (Purshia spp.), currant (Ribes spp.), and rabbitbrush
(Chrysothamnus spp.) [4].  In the southern portion of its range, the
chukar may be found in saltbush (Atriplex spp.)-grasslands [4], and
salt-desert shrubland [20].  Chukars generally avoid climax pinyon
(Pinus spp.)-juniper (Juniperus spp.) habitat [4], although scattered
pinyons and junipers appear to be acceptable [3].  


REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Alectoris chukar | Chukar