Pheasants & Allies

Natal Spurfowl

Pternistis natalensis

The Natal Spurfowl (Pternistis natalensis) is a 508 g scrub bird. It stays put all year.

Family

Pheasants & Allies

Order

Galliformes

Weight

508 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, eSwatini, Mozambique.

Where to see it: Kadiki, Livingstone (Zambia); Kruger NP · Skukuza Camp (Camp only; please use more precise hotspots for drives) (South Africa); Sable farm,Lusaka (Zambia); Mbuluzi GR · Savanna Research Center (Eswatini); Mukuvisi Woodlands (Zimbabwe).

Photo: (c) Manuel Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist