Orange River Francolin (Scleroptila gutturalis)

Other Names (World)
Orange River Francolin, Archer's Francolin, Acacia Francolin (gutturalis, lorti), Ethiopian Francolin (gutturalis, lorti)

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest, high altitude grassland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

Orange River Francolin (Scleroptila gutturalis) [XC483831]
by Tony Archer from JB Marks Local Municipality, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

Orange River Francolin (Scleroptila gutturalis) [XC366571]
by Dawie de Swardt from Welgevonden, DWD gravel road, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Moorland Francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema) and Shelley's Francolin (Scleroptila shelleyi). Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus places present species in genus Scleroptila with Grey-winged Francolin (Scleroptila afra), Moorland Francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema), Ring-necked Francolin (Scleroptila streptophora), Red-winged Francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii), Shelley's Francolin (Scleroptila shelleyi) and Finsch's Francolin (Scleroptila finschi).

Several other subspecies have been described, but their validity is doubtful: pallidor and kalaharica normally included in nominate levaillantoides; cunenensis in jugularis; and archeri in lorti. Subspecies gutturalis (incorporating lorti) has been considered to constitute a separate species. Francolinus gariepensis is a synonym for present species.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

gutturalis (Smith, 1836) - Northern Ethiopia.
lorti (Sharpe, 1897) - Sudan east through southern Ethiopia to Somalia, and south to Uganda.
jugularis (B�ttikofer, 1889) - South-western Angola and northern Namibia.
levaillantoides (A. Smith, 1836) - Eastern Namibia, southern Botswana, northern and western South Africa and Lesotho.
archeri (Sclater, WL, 1927) - Southern Ethiopia, south-eastern Sudan, northern Uganda, north-western Kenya.
pallidior (Neumann, 1908) - Northern Namibia.
levalliantoides (Smith, A, 1836) - Southern Botswana to eastern Namibia, Lesotho and northern South Africa.

References
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Files:

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