- Campocolinus albogularis
Peliperdix albogularis
Identification
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: occurs only in Zambia
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 3 subspecies.
Formerly placed in genus Francolinus.
Subspecies
- C. a. albogularis:
- C. a. buckleyi:
- Eastern Ivory Coast to Cameroon
- C. a. dewittei:
An additional subspecies meinertzhageni, is generally considered invalid[2]
Habitat
Open areas with scattered trees, areas where farming has been a past use
Behaviour
Diet
Insects and some plant material
Breeding
A next with a small amount of hollowing and lined with plant material with approximately a half dozen brownish-yellow eggs with brown specks.
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/0EA1D390]. Retrieved 20 November 2021
- McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2021). White-throated Francolin (Campocolinus albogularis), 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.whtfra2.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-throated Francolin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-throated_Francolin
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
