Clapperton's Francolin (Pternistis clappertoni)

Other Scientific Names
Francolinus clappertoni

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
30 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Children, 1826)

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda.

Eastern Mali (from Azzawakh) east through central Niger, north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Chad and southern and central Sudan to northern Uganda and Ethiopia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Clapperton's Spurfowl (Pternistis clappertoni) [XC156176]
by selvino from Tchede, Mayo-Danay, Extreme North, Cameroon (call)

Clapperton's Spurfowl (Pternistis clappertoni) [XC739964]
by selvino from Pian Upe National Park, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Heuglin's Francolin (Pternistis icterorhynchus), Double-spurred Francolin (Pternistis bicalcaratus) 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.

Various subspecies proposed, including sharpii, konigseggi and nigrosquamatus, but geographical variation in plumage is complex and validity of subspecies is dubious.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

clappertoni (Children & Vigors, 1826) - Sub-Saharan Africa (Mali to Sudan and Ethiopia).
koenigseggi (Madar�sz, 1914) - Eastern Sudan.
heuglini (Neumann, 1907) - South-western and south-central Sudan.
sharpii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1892) - Northern and central Ethiopia, Eritrea.
nigrosquamatus (Neumann, 1902) - Eastern Sudan, western Ethiopia.
gedgii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) - South-eastern Sudan to north-eastern Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Clappertons Francolin (Pternistis clappertoni) - 10 files

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