Orange River Francolin

When to see the Orange River Francolin

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

Where to see the Orange River Francolin

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 Kenya.

About the Orange River Francolin

The Orange River francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae found in grassland and woodland in Africa. In the taxa from the northern part of its distribution, the neck-line does not reach the eye and the belly is whitish. In the southern taxa the neck-line reaches the eye and the belly is buff. This has led some authorities to treat them as separate species: The Archer's or acacia francolin in the north, and the Orange River francolin in the south.

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Easily confused with

Grey-winged FrancolinScleroptila afraThe grey-winged francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantiiThe red-winged francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. Shelley's FrancolinScleroptila shelleyiShelley's francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.