Coqui Francolin (Peliperdix coqui)

Other Scientific Names
Francolinus coqui

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Coqui Francolin (Peliperdix coqui) [XC376494]
by Tony Archer from Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (call)

Coqui Francolin (Peliperdix coqui) [XC779260]
by id from Near Malelane Gate, Kruger National Park, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with White-throated Francolin (Peliperdix albogularis) and Schlegel's Francolin (Peliperdix schlegelii). Schlegel's Francolin (Peliperdix schlegelii) has been considered a subspecies of present species. Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus places present species in genus Peliperdix with White-throated Francolin (Peliperdix albogularis), Schlegel's Francolin (Peliperdix schlegelii), Forest Francolin (Peliperdix lathami) and Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena). Many other subspecies have been described, but are currently considered doubtfully valid: buckleyi included in spinetorum; thikae in maharao; and campbelli, vernayi, hoeschianus, angolensis, kasaicus and ruandae in nominate coqui.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

spinetorum (Bates, 1928) - Western Africa.
maharao (Sclater, WL, 1927) - Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.
hubbardi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) - Western and southern Kenya south to Mwanza Province, Tanzania, and east to Kitui.
coqui (Smith, 1836) - North-western Uganda south through Zaire and central Tanzania to central South Africa.

References
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Files:

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