Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Scientific Name : Pternistis leucoscepus

The Yellow-necked Spurfowl or Yellow-necked Francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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English Name               : Yellow-necked Spurfowl 

Scientific Name            : Pternistis leucoscepus

German Name             : Gelbkehlfrankolin

Spanish Name             : Francolín Gorgiamarillo

 French Name              : Francolin à cou jaune

Physical Characteristics:

Head-Body Length   : 33-35 cm

 Height                       : unavailable

 Weight                      : unavailable

 

Identification              : The yellow-necked spurfowl is a grayish-brown color with pale streaks. The underside of the yellow-necked spurfowl is buff-streaked dark brown. The throat is bare and bright yellow except under the beak where it becomes orange. There is also a section of orange around the eye.

 

Geographic Range  : Northeastern Africa

 

Habitat                      :Open bush country, forest edges and dry thornbush

 

Diet                            :unavailable

 

Reproduction            : unavailable

    

Social Structure       : unavailable

 

Behavior                   : unavailable

Scientific classification :

# Kingdom : Animalia

 

                # Phylum : Chordata

 

                                # Class : Aves

 

                                                # Order : Galliformes

                                                                  # Family : Phasianidae

 

                                                                                     # Subfamily : Perdicinae

                                                                                                    # Genus : Pternistis

 

                                                                                                                   # Species : P. leucoscepus

 

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