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Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer) Information

Red-necked Spurfowl

The Red-necked Spurfowl or Red-necked Francolin (Pternistis afer), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

The Red-necked Spurfowl breeds across the central belt of Africa and down the east coast to Tanzania.

It is 25–38 cm in length, with a significant size difference between the subspecies, of which there are seven. It is a generally dark francolin, brown above and black-streaked grey or white underparts. The bill, bare facial skin, neck and legs are bright red.


Red-necked Spurfowl
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