Pheasants & Allies

Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer

The Red-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis afer) is a 455 g scrub bird. It stays put all year.

Family

Pheasants & Allies

Order

Galliformes

Weight

455 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Akagera NP · Southern Area (Rwanda); Lake Mburo NP (Uganda); PN Obô de São Tomé · Lagoa Amélia trail (São Tomé and Principe); Gorongosa NP · Pls consider using more specific locations if possible (Mozambique); Maasai Mara NR · Mara Triangle (Kenya).

Photo: (c) Peter Archdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist