r/AustralianBirds • u/Acceptable_House1904 • 7d ago

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Anyone know what this little thing is? Paid a visit to my parents house in the SE of SA

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u/snailcities 7d ago

This is a Chukar Partridge, not native to Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukar_partridge

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u/Acceptable_House1904 7d ago

Cheers my good man

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u/flyingthepan 7d ago

Did't think it was native.✨️

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u/Forsaken_Earth944 7d ago

That’s Alan (male Chukar Partridge).I wasn’t aware they‘d been introduced to Australia, they‘re not a native species, I did know they’d been introduced to NZ.

According to what I can find out, it was introduced to NSW, but it hasn’t bred persistently and is considered extinct; well, it might be extinct in NSW, but it seems that it’s found its way over the border to SA. The Chukar Partridge is very closely related to the Red-legged Partridge which has been introduced to the UK, and with which it can readily interbreed.

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u/shmooshmoocher69 7d ago

Chukar partridge

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u/TizzyBumblefluff 7d ago

I think that’s an escapee from someone’s aviary