Yellow-necked Francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus)

Other Scientific Names
Francolinus leucoscepus

Other Names (World)
Yellow-necked Francolin, Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1867)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, high altitude shrubland, dry savanna, arable land.

Range (Guide)

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

South-eastern Sudan east through Ethiopia to Somalia, and south to north-eastern Uganda, central Kenya and north-central Tanzania.

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 (20)...)

Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis leucoscepus) [XC39402]
by Peter Boesman from Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya (call)

Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis leucoscepus) [XC428898]
by Frank Lambert from Babati, Manyara Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Grey-breasted Francolin (Pternistis rufopictus), Red-necked Francolin (Pternistis afer) and Swainson's Francolin (Pternistis swainsonii). Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus places present species in genus Pternistis with 23 other species. Various subspecies proposed, but variation clinal and validity dubious; infuscatus sometimes accepted. Hybridizes with Grey-breasted Francolin (Pternistis rufopictus) on edge of range in Tanzania.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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