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Alternative name: Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Francolinus leucoscepus

Photo by Juninho
Photo taken: Tarangire NP, Tanzania.

[edit] Identification

Neck, breast and lower abdomen steaked with white, buff and brown, brown back and tail, red facial skin, bare yellow throat-patch, brownish-black legs. Males are slightly larger and carry two spurs (females mostly spurless).

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Pternistis vs. Francolinus

Sibley & Monroe (1996) placed this species in the genus Pternistis, but this genus has not been recognized by Clements (2007) or Howard & Moore (2003), and the Opus follows in this consensus.

[edit] Subspecies

Francolinus leucoscepus has two subspecies:

• F. l. leucoscepus
• F. l. oldowai

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

Terrestrial.

The diet includes insects, vegetable matter and seeds.

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