Crested Francolin

Ortygornis sephaena - Francolin huppé

Systematics

Order
:
Galliformes
Family
:
Phasianidés
Genus
:
Ortygornis
Species
:
sephaena

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1836

Biometrics

Size
: 35 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 220 à 353 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Crested Francolin (Ortygornis sephaena) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Ortygornis sephaena sephaena (e Zimbabwe to se Botswana, s Mozambique and ne South Africa)
Ortygornis sephaena grantii (s Sudan and w Ethiopia to nc Tanzania)
Ortygornis sephaena rovuma (e Kenya to n Mozambique)
Ortygornis sephaena spilogaster (e Ethiopia, Somalia, ne Kenya)
Ortygornis sephaena zambesiae (wc Mozambique to Namibia and s Angola)

Foreign names

Francolin huppé,
Francolín capirotado,
francolim-de-crista,
Schopffrankolin,
bóbitás frankolin,
Kuiffrankolijn,
Francolino crestato,
tofsfrankolin,
Krattfrankolin,
frankolín čepcový,
frankolín čapkový,
Topfrankolin,
viirusiipifrankoliini,
Bospatrys,
francolí de casquet,
frankolin czubaty,
Хохлатый франколин,
カミナガシャコ,
凤头鹧鸪,
鳳頭鷓鴣,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands