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Common Name

Red Necked Francolin

Alternate Names

Red Necked Spurfowl

Common Type

Francolin

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae

Genus

Pternistis

Species

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola, Kenya

Number of Sub-Species

Four Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Open scrub or cultivation

Distribution and Range

Southern Africa

Food

Dig for roots and tubors also forage for flowers, beans, seeds, fruits and opportunistically eating termites, ants and locusts.

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Field Notes:

The red-necked spurfowl is a wary species, keeping to deep cover, although it sometimes feeds in open scrub or cultivation if disturbance is limited and there are thickets nearby. The nest is a bare scrape, and three to nine eggs are laid.

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