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Grey-breasted Spurfowl

Pternistis rufopictus

Least ConcernEndemicPlantsShrublandScrapeLarge · 706 g
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 1
Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 2
Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 3
Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 4
Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 5
Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 6
Photo: Tim · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 7
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 8
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 9
Photo: Esin Üstün from Istanbul, Turkey · CC BY 2.0
Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus), photo 10
Photo: (c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Grey-breasted Spurfowl

The grey-breasted spurfowl or grey-breasted francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Tanzania.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where the Grey-breasted Spurfowl lives

Regular range
Tanzania

When to see the Grey-breasted Spurfowl

Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus) Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatusThe scaly spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. Hildebrandt's Spurfowl (Pternistis hildebrandti) Hildebrandt's SpurfowlPternistis hildebrandtiHildebrandt's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. Heuglin's Spurfowl (Pternistis icterorhynchus) Heuglin's SpurfowlPternistis icterorhynchusHeuglin's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

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