Lacks black throat gorget of Chukar. Bill orange and legs/feet yellowish. Shows rufous tail in flight. Male has white eye-stripe. black supercilium and horizontal chestnut and black flank stripes. female rather plain with cream supercilium and throat. grey flecking on neck. and pinkish-buff and grey vermiculations on mantle and breast. A widespread resident in Balochistan down from coastal low hill ranges upto Lower Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Saltrange. In East they also occur in Kirthar hills from Thana Bula khan to Dadu.