Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernPlants

ForestPlatform nestLarge · 449 g

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 1 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 2 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 3 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 4 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Seig, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Scaly 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 Scaly Spurfowl

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Uganda Tanzania Cameroon Nigeria Ethiopia Gabon Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa Congo - Brazzaville Equatorial Guinea Central African Republic Malawi

About the Scaly Spurfowl

The scaly spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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

Easily confused with

Hildebrandt's SpurfowlPternistis hildebrandtiHildebrandt's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

Grey-breasted SpurfowlPternistis rufopictusThe grey-breasted spurfowl or grey-breasted francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

Heuglin's SpurfowlPternistis icterorhynchusHeuglin's spurfowl is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

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