Clapperton's Spurfowl

When to see the Clapperton's Spurfowl

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Clapperton's Spurfowl

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Sudan.

About the Clapperton's Spurfowl

Clapperton's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda.

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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. Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensisThe Ahanta francolin or Ahanta spurfowl is a species of bird in the pheasant 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.