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When to see the Ahanta Spurfowl
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ahanta Spurfowl
The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ahanta Spurfowl
The Ahanta francolin or Ahanta spurfowl is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is native to western Africa, where it occurs in Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
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Easily confused with
Hartlaub's SpurfowlPternistis hartlaubiHartlaub's Spurfowl is the smallest African spurfowl and is highly sexually dimorphic both in plumage and in size.
Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoniClapperton's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.
Jackson's SpurfowlPternistis jacksoniJackson's spurfowl has distinctive red bill and legs which sets it apart from the moorland francolin which overlaps in range and the smaller scaly spurfowl is unmarked on the underside.
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