Yellow-necked Spurfowl
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| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | |
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| In the San Diego Zoo, California | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Perdicinae |
| Genus: | Pternistis |
| Species: | P. leucoscepus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pternistis leucoscepus (Gray, 1867) |
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The Yellow-necked Spurfowl or Yellow-necked Francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1893
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In Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, Africa
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From US Fish and Wildlife Service image library
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At Denver Zoo, USA
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Francolinus leucoscepus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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