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

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 01-10-2010
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