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WoodlandScrapeLarge · 700 g
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This spurfowl is a large, rotund bird of approximately 35 cm (1.15 ft) in length and 940 g (33 oz) in weight. It is grayish-brown overall with white stripes and streaks on its underparts which become finer toward the head. The bird is darker on its back than on its underside. The nape has a hint of rufous, while the top of the head is gray. The forehead, lore, and eye stripe form a black mask, and the chin and throat are whitish. The eyes are brown. The feathers on the body and neck have a gold or straw-colored center that is bordered with dark brown and edged in white. The tail is short.
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When to see the Djibouti Spurfowl
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Djibouti Spurfowl
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Djibouti Spurfowl
The Djibouti spurfowl or Djibouti francolin is a bird species in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is critically endangered and found only in Djibouti, a nation in the Horn of Africa. This species is grayish-brown overall with white stripes and streaks on its underparts which become finer towards the upperparts. It has black markings on the head and a gray crown and has a short tail. It is 35 cm (1.15 ft) in length, and weighs 940 g (33 oz).
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Easily confused with
Swierstra's SpurfowlPternistis swierstraiSwierstra's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.
Grey-striped SpurfowlPternistis griseostriatusThe grey-striped spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.
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