Chukar

The **Chukar** is a tier 2 Forest animal in Mope.io. It is equivalent to Rabbit, Pigeon, Trout, Arctic Hare, and Desert Chipmunk, and was added on December 20, 2022.

## Technical

* Upgrades from Mouse, Shrimp, Chipmunk, Desert Rat at 150 XP.
* Upgrades to Mole, Chicken, Crab, Penguin, or Meerkat at 400 XP.
* Can eat berries, carrots, honeycomb, plankton, dates, and small meat. Prey of the Chukar includes all animals at tier 1 (Mouse tier).
* Its predators are all animals within the range of tier 3 to tier 9 (Chicken to Cheetah).
* The Chukar can fly for a short distance by pressing `W` or right click. It flies for 2 seconds, with a cooldown of 5 seconds. Its flight is non-cancellable, meaning it cannot land earlier and must go through the whole duration.
* The Chukar cannot dive.
* The Chukar can climb Hills.

## Appearance

The Chukar is a gray compact bird. Its head is large and mostly white with a black mask. It has red outlines around its eyes and a somewhat long red beak. The Chukar has two feathery wings over its back tipped in grayish-brown. Under its short tail, some white can be seen.

## Strategy

* Most of the strategies used as a Tarsier also apply to Chukars; the player can level up quickly by farming food sources.
	+ Namely, berries; many of them can be found at Berry Bushes, but another way to produce them is to spit water pods into a brown mushroom by pressing `S`.
	+ A risky strategy is to farm carrots and berries from brown or red mushrooms in the mud. Since Chukars are slow in mud patches, the player must watch out for Pigs and Chickens, and fly away by holding `W` if those predators come close.
	+ Furthermore, the player can also gain XP via honeycomb from a Beehive. Avoid the bees by flying away from them and do not touch the Beehive itself; wait for a medium- or high-tier animal to attack the beehive and scavenge the honeycomb that will come from that.
* At this tier, prey is not worth chasing, but if a Mouse or other animal that is on low health is in sight or easy to eat, the player can use the Chukar’s "Fly" ability to catch up to the prey and kill it.

## Gallery

### Assets

ChukarThe Chukar's bodyThe Chukar's headThe Chukar's left wingThe Chukar's right wing
### In-game

A newly-upgraded Chukar. Note that the upgrading message contains an inaccuracy and that the text displayed actually the same as that of the Fox's.A Chukar in flightA Chukar with some snow
### Other

Older version of the Chukar as seen on the Merchandise Store
## History

 March 2022 | * The Chukar was confirmed by KOA to be a tier 2 animal for an unreleased sky biome.
* Its wing and main assets were discovered, suggesting that the Chukar will likely be able to fly.
 *Unknown* | * An unknown bird(akin to the White Dove) is visible on the Merchandise Store. It is largely gray with a red beak.

## Trivia

* The Chukar has the shortest true flight in the game, lasting only 2 seconds.
* The Chukar is one of the three flying animals who cannot climb trees. The other two are the Swinehoe and Falcon.

## References

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/508469597209362433/624618472713879572/951559180530114570(screenshot)

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