Double-spurred Francolin (Pternistis bicalcaratus)

Other Scientific Names
Francolinus bicalcaratus

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry and moist savanna.

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, C�te dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

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 (53)...)

Double-spurred Spurfowl (Pternistis bicalcaratus) [XC591135]
by Peter Boesman from University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria (uncertain)

Double-spurred Spurfowl (Pternistis bicalcaratus) [XC607020]
by Sun Madakan from Jabi Recreational Park (near Abuja), Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria (call, song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Clapperton's Francolin (Pternistis clappertoni), Heuglin's Francolin (Pternistis icterorhynchus) and Harwood's Francolin (Pternistis harwoodi). Has been included in genus Chaetopus. Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus places present species in genus Pternistis with 23 other species. Several subspecies proposed, but these are simply examples of both local and clinal variation within nominate bicalcaratus.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

ayesha (Hartert, 1917) - Western Morocco, from Rabat to Mogador.
bicalcaratus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Senegambia east to south-western Chad and western Central African Republic.
ogilviegranti (Bannerman, 1922) - Southern Nigeria, southern Cameroon.

References
See References.

Files:

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