PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN ...(Observe the Bird and recognize)...CHUKAR PARTRIDGE

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 557/586(Observe the Bird and recognize)...CHUKAR PARTRIDGE.. WATERCOLOUR...A4...2015... [From the photograph of Mr.SOUMYAJIT NANDY] .... The chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the rock partridge, Philby's partridge and Przevalski's partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first. This partridge has well marked black and white bars on the flanks and a black band running from the forehead across the eye and running down the head to form a necklace that encloses a white throat. The species has been introduced into many other places and feral populations have established themselves in parts of North America and New Zealand. This bird can be found in parts of Middle East.
The chukar is a rotund 32–35 cm (13–14 in) long partridge, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The shades vary across the various populations. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks, red legs and coral red bill. Sexes are similar, the female slightly smaller in size and lacking the spur. The tail has 14 feathers, the third primary is the longest while the first is level with the fifth and sixth primaries.
Chukar will take a wide variety of seeds and some insects as food.
The chukar is the National bird of Iraq and of Pakistan, where its name is derived from chakor in Sanskrit. In North Indian and Pakistani culture, as well as in Indian mythology, the chukar sometimes symbolizes intense, and often unrequited, love.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]