Alternative name: Hartlaub's Spurfowl
- Pternistis hartlaubi
Identification
Male approx 28 cm (11 in), female approx 25 cm (9¾ in); the male is heavier than the female.
Male
- Mottled buff/brown upperparts
- White underparts streaked with brown
- Black forehead
- Long white supercilium
- Black-and-white barred undertail-coverts
Female: similar to male, but has cinnamon unstreaked underparts and lacks undertail barring
- Greyish-brown head
- Orange-brown supercilium
Juvenile: Buff forehead and brown crown tinged rufous. Upperparts buff-grey. Breast barred black and white, with buffy grey belly.
Distribution
South-western Africa: found in Namibia and Angola.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Francolinus.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rocky hill slopes with grass, scrub, trees and bushes.
Behaviour
Diet
Diet consists of corms, seeds, berries, insects and some invertebrates, such as snails.
Breeding
They are monogamous and territorial. There is little other information available.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hartlaub's Francolin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hartlaub%27s_Francolin
