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Sri Lanka Spurfowl

Galloperdix bicalcarata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreForestScrapeMedium · 291 g
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 1
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 2
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 3
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 4
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 5
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 6
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 7
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 8
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 9
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0
Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata), photo 10
Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0

When to see the Sri Lanka Spurfowl

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sri Lanka Spurfowl

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Sri Lanka

About the Sri Lanka Spurfowl

The Sri Lanka spurfowl is a member of the pheasant family which is endemic to the dense rainforests of Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, this bird is known as haban kukula - හබන් කුකුලා in Sinhala.

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

Easily confused with

Painted Spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata) Painted SpurfowlGalloperdix lunulataThis spurfowl is distinctive in having no bare facial skin as in the red spurfowl. Red Spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea) Red SpurfowlGalloperdix spadiceaOverall reddish-brown, this large partridge-like bird has a somewhat long tail.

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