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Red-winged Francolin
02 45 030 Francolinus levaillantii levaillantii
Scleroptila levaillantii levaillantii
Information
Range Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Family Phasianidae
Perdicinae
Genus Scleroptila
Species Scleroptila levaillantii
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Red-winged francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii), is a species of francolin in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Elgon francolin (Francolinus elgonensis) may be a hybrid between the red-winged francolin and the moorland francolin.

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