Forest Francolin (Peliperdix lathami)

Other Scientific Names
Francolinus lathami

Other Names (World)
Forest Francolin, Latham's Francolin, Latham's Forest Francolin

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
20 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Latham's Francolin (Peliperdix lathami) [XC704563]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from For\u00eat class\u00e9e du Mont Tonkoui, Man, Montagnes District, Ivory Coast (song)

Latham's Francolin (Peliperdix lathami) [XC403064]
by Mathias D'haen from Road to Sushen forest, Central, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
Recently proposed reorganization of Francolinus places present species in genus Peliperdix with Coqui Francolin (Peliperdix coqui), White-throated Francolin (Peliperdix albogularis), Schlegel's Francolin (Peliperdix schlegelii) and Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

lathami (Hartlaub, 1854) - Sierra Leone east to western Zaire and south to Cabinda, Angola.
schubotzi (Reichenow, 1912) - Western Zaire east to extreme south-western Sudan, western Uganda and extreme north-western Tanzania.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Forest Francolin (Peliperdix lathami) - 10 files

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