Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Galloanserae Sibley, Ahlquist & Monroe Jr., 1988 see Subcohort Galloanserae Sibley, Ahlquist & Monroe Jr., 1988
       [Order] Galliformes Temminck, 1820 - fowl
         phasianoids see Superfamily Phasianoidea Vigors, 1825
           Family Phasianidae Vigors, 1825 - turkeys, grouse, pheasants, partridges
             Subfamily Perdicinae Bonaparte, 1838
               Genus Alectoris Kaup, 1829
                 Alectoris chukar (Gray, 1830) - chukar partridge
                   01 Alectoris chukar kleini Hartert, 1925
                   02 Alectoris chukar cypriotes Hartert, 1917
                   03 Alectoris chukar kurdestanica Meinertzhagen, 1923
                   04 Alectoris chukar sinaica (Bonaparte, 1858)
                   05 Alectoris chukar werae (Zarudny & Loudon, 1904)
                   06 Alectoris chukar koroviakovi (Zarudny, 1914)
                   07 Alectoris chukar subpallida (Zarudny, 1914)
                   08 Alectoris chukar falki Hartert, 1917
                   09 Alectoris chukar dzungarica Sushkin, 1927
                   10 Alectoris chukar pallida (Hume, 1873)
                   11 Alectoris chukar pallescens (Hume, 1873)
                   12 Alectoris chukar chukarᵀ (Gray, 1830)
                   13 Alectoris chukar potanini Sushkin, 1927
                   14 Alectoris chukar pubescens (Swinhoe, 1871)