Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer - Francolin à gorge rouge

Francolin à gorge rouge
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pternistis

  • Species
    :

    afer

Descriptor

Müller, PLS, 1776

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 370 à 765 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Francolin à gorge rouge
adult
Francolin à gorge rouge
adult

Red-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis afer) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Pternistis afer afer (w Angola, nw Namibia)
  • Pternistis afer cranchii (s DRCongo, c Angola and w Zambia to c Tanzania, w Kenya and Uganda)
  • Pternistis afer castaneiventer (s and e South Africa)
  • Pternistis afer humboldtii ()

Foreign names

  • Francolin à gorge rouge,
  • Francolín gorjirrojo,
  • francolim-de-gola-vermelha,
  • Rotkehlfrankolin,
  • vörösnyakú frankolin,
  • Roodkeelfrankolijn,
  • Francolino collorosso,
  • rödstrupig sporrhöna,
  • Rødstrupefrankolin,
  • frankolínec červenohrdlý,
  • frankolín rudohrdlý,
  • Rødhalset Sporehøne,
  • punakurkkufrankoliini,
  • Rooikeelfisant,
  • francolí gola-roig,
  • szponiastonóg czerwonogardły,
  • Красногорлый турач,
  • アカノドシャコ,
  • 红喉鹧鸪,
  • 紅喉鷓鴣,

Voice song and cries

Francolin à gorge rouge
adult

Habitat

Francolin à gorge rouge
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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