- Galloperdix lunulata
Identification
27–34 cm (10.½-13½ in)
- Greenish-black head, breast, scapulars and tail
- Chestnut mantle, forewing, back and rump
- Head, throat, upper breast, mantle through to middle of the back heavily spotted with white
Female
- Reddish face
- Yellow throat patch
- Yellowish-brown breast
Distribution
South Asia: found only in India.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Found in rocky hill, thorn scrub forests and bamboo jungle. Prefers drier habitats than Red Spurfowl.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of seeds, tubers, drupes and berries with the addition of molluscs and some insects, particularly termites.
Breeding
The normal clutch contains 3-4 eggs which are laid into a lined ground scrape. Both adults rear the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- McGowan, P.J.K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Painted Spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.paispu1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Painted Spurfowl. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Painted_Spurfowl
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