- Campocolinus schlegelii
Peliperdix schlegelii
Identification
• 23 cm / 9 inches
• Male 250 gm / 9 ounces
• Female 220 gm / 7 ½ ounces
• Orangish or dusty yellow head
• Black bill with some yellow
• Yellow legs
• Male has single spur while female usually has none
• Juvenile looks somewhat like adult female
Distribution
Cameroon, Northern Central African Republic, Southern Chad, and extreme southwestern Sudan, and northwestern South Sudan
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Francolinus.
Habitat
Open woodlands with significant grass cover
Behaviour
Diet
Plant material, larval stage of some insects
Breeding
Plant material lined hollow where around 6 cream-colored eggs are laid
Thought to be monogamous.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/CE6D7D2F]. Retrieved 20 November 2021
- McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2021). Schlegel's Francolin (Campocolinus schlegelii), version 1.1. 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.schfra2.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Schlegel's Francolin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Schlegel%27s_Francolin