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Swainson's Spurfowl

Pternistis swainsonii

Least Concern

Envergadura

37,3 cm

Peso

591,25 g

Família

Phasianidae

Ordem

Galliformes

Sobre

A large Phasianidae spurfowl (~591 g) of open grassland, savanna, and farmland across southern Africa from Zambia to South Africa. Dark brown, streaked rufous-buff; red facial skin and bill. Often seen foraging in large groups in cultivated fields. Adapts to agricultural landscapes; common gamebird. Least Concern.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	37,3 cm	14.7 in
Peso	591,25 g	20.86 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Brown above with buff shaft streaks; white below with dense dark brown streaking; bare red facial skin extends down throat forming visible naked neck patch; red legs; dark bill. Sexes similar; southern Africa.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Forest 🌿 Wetland 🌾 Grassland

Distribuição geográfica

Resident of open savanna, grassland, and bushveld from South Africa north to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and southeastern Botswana.

Diet & Feeding

Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, invertebrates, and small animals in southern African open savanna.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 21-23 days. Fledging: 10 days.

Tamanho da postura

3-12

Som

Canto

Very loud, penetrating crowing; harsh 'kweh-kweh-kweh' repeated up to 20 times; one of the loudest African spurfowl; carries across open farmland

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Galliformes (Gamebirds)
Família	Phasianidae (Pheasants & Partridges)
Genus	Pternistis
Espécies	Pternistis swainsonii

Distribution

Swainson's Spurfowl has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded