What Is the Price of Wild Chukar Partridge? Protected Animal Status, Differences from Francolin, and Nutritional Value
The chukar partridge, also known as the Dora chicken, red-legged chicken, cackling chicken, and American francolin, feeds on the tender buds and leaves of herbaceous plants and shrubs, berries, seeds, moss, lichen, and insects. So how much does a wild chukar partridge cost? Is it a protected animal? What are the ways to cook it? According to the Changsha live poultry market, the American francolin costs just over ten yuan each, while the Chinese francolin varies in price by region, generally around 85-150 yuan. Francolin eggs generally cost 2-3 yuan each.
Is the wild chukar partridge a protected animal?
The chukar partridge has a wide distribution range and does not approach the threshold criteria for a species' vulnerability to extinction (distribution area or fluctuation range less than 20,000 sq km, habitat quality, population size, fragmentation of distribution area), and its population trend is stable, so it is evaluated as a species with no survival crisis.
What is the difference between the wild chukar partridge and the francolin?
The chukar partridge currently raised in production differs from the wild francolin domesticated by the ancients. The American francolin now raised as commercial meat is actually not a francolin, but a chukar partridge.
1. The obvious difference between the francolin and the chukar partridge is that the francolin's beak is black or brown, while the chukar partridge's beak is red.
2. In animal classification, the chukar partridge belongs to Aves, Galliformes, Phasianidae, Alectoris, while the francolin belongs to Aves, Galliformes, Phasianidae, Francolinus.
3. The francolin is distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, with only one species in China. The chukar partridge is distributed in southern Europe, northwestern Africa, and central Asia. In China there are 7 subspecies, distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, and from North China to the southwestern part of Northeast China. The wild chukar partridge is easier to domesticate than the wild francolin.
Appendix: Nutritional value
The meat and eggs of the chukar partridge are both high-protein, low-fat premium nutritional tonics and excellent specialty poultry products with a rich gamey aroma. The crude protein content of fresh meat reaches 27%, and it has effects such as tonifying the five internal organs, benefiting the heart, promoting body fluid, boosting qi, and opening the orifices. The chukar partridge is delicious, with soft bones and thick meat and small internal organs, and a dressing percentage above 82%, making it an important ingredient for hotels and restaurants. At the same time, its moderate price also attracts quite a lot of consumers.