iN VIDEO: A trio of chunky chukars make comical dash near Kamloops

Kamloops wildlife photographer Lyn MacDonald captured footage of three chunky chukars running across a road with their little feet flying on the outskirts of Kamloops earlier this week.

Members of the partridge family, the chicken-like game birds have plump bodies, short legs and small round heads, and tend to run instead of fly.

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The birds have unique patterns and are very social birds within their coveys, making gurgling sounds and cackling calls that sound like kakakaka-chuKAR-chuKAR-chuKAR. When frightened, a covey will explode into the air with piercing squeals, according to All About Birds.

Chukars were introduced to BC in the mid-1900s for hunting purposes and are originally from southeastern Europe, northern India, China and Mongolia, according to the University of British Columbia.

In BC, they are most commonly found on dry, steep hillsides south of Okanagan Falls in the Okanagan Valley and from the Kamloops area south and west to Lytton.

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