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==Races== |
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Many races have been described. Most of them are subsumed under 7 to 8 taxa, but these differ depending on the author: |
Many races have been described. Most of them are subsumed under 7 to 8 taxa, but these differ depending on the author: |
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+ | | style="width:70%;"|Pternistis afer afer |
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+ | ([[wikipedia:Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller|Müller]], 1776) |
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+ | | style="width:70%;" |western [[wikipedia:Angola|Angola]] & northwestern [[wikipedia:Namibia|Namibia]] |
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+ | | style="width:70%;"|Pternistis afer castaneiventer |
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+ | | style="width:70%;"|eastern [[wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]] |
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+ | | style="width:70%;"|Ninox connivens peninsularis |
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+ | ([[wikipedia:Tommaso Salvadori|Salvadori]], 1876) |
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+ | | style="width:70%;"|Ninox connivens connivens |
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+ | ([[wikipedia:John Latham (ornithologist)|Latham]], 1801) |
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Revision as of 00:19, 3 November 2016
Red-necked Spurfowl | |
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Pternistis afer loangwae | |
Information | |
Common Name | Red-necked Francolin |
Range | central belt of Africa and down the east coast to South Africa. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Galliformes |
Family | Phasianidae Perdicinae |
Genus | Pternistis |
Species | Pternistis afer |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer), is a species of francolin in the Phasianidae in the Phasianidae family.
Description
It is 25–38 cm in length, with a significant size difference between the subspecies, of which there are some seven or eight. 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.
Distribution and Status
The red-necked spurfowl breeds across the central belt of Africa and down the east coast to South Africa. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the red-necked spurfowl is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Habits
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.
Races
Many races have been described. Most of them are subsumed under 7 to 8 taxa, but these differ depending on the author:
Name | |
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Pternistis afer afer
(Müller, 1776) | |
western Angola & northwestern Namibia | |
Pternistis afer castaneiventer
(Gunning & Roberts, 1911) | |
eastern South Africa | |
Ninox connivens peninsularis
(Salvadori, 1876) | |
north Australia | |
Ninox connivens connivens
(Latham, 1801) | |
southwest, east and southeast Australia |