Natal Spurfowl

When to see the Natal Spurfowl

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

Where to see the Natal Spurfowl

The map shades 7 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 Lesotho.

About the Natal Spurfowl

The Natal spurfowl or Natal francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Easily confused with

Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsoniiSwainson's spurfowl or Swainson's francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae which is native to southern Africa. Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensisThe Cape spurfowl is 40–42 cm (16–17 in) in length. Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis aferThe red-necked spurfowl is 25–38 cm (9.8–15.0 in) in length, with significant size differences between the subspecies.