Pternistis ahantensis

IUCN

Alias：Pternistis ahantensis，Ahanta Francolin

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Pternistis ahantensis
Aliases：Pternistis ahantensis，Ahanta Francolin
Outline：Landfowl
Family：Chickeniformes Pheasants Polytridges

Vital signs

length：33-35cm
Weight：487-608g
lifetime：No textual research information is available

Feature

The chest and abdomen feathers are black and white, and the cheeks are bare and hairless

Details

The brown top coloured partridge (Pternistis ahantensis) is known as Ahanta Francolin and has two subspecies.

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Brown-topped partridges are flyers and occasionally can fly short distances. Live in pairs or small groups. They do not fly unless they are in danger, but if they feel in danger, most of the time, they prefer to run around rather than take a strong flight. Omnivorous. Feeds on insects, plant matter and seeds. They gather most of their food by digging. The roots of various quinoa, legumes, legumes, tubers, seeds, termites, ants, locusts, flowers, and fruits.

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).

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Location

It is found in Benin, Cote d 'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

Form

Partridge brown top is 33-35 cm long; The male weighs 608 grams and the female 487 grams. The tip of the reddish-brown wing has a variation. There is no geographical overlap with superficially similar species. Male and female color, the difference is not big. The feather color is relatively dim, and the body feathers are generally composed of gray, light gray, black and white. The chest and abdomen feathers are thin black and white stripes. The cheeks are bare and hairless. The mouth is short and strong, perfect for digging at the base of grass and root balls. The nostrils were not concealed by feathers. Wings slightly rounded. The tail is short, the tail feathers are flat, and the broad tail has fourteen identical feathers. Calcined, upper tarsus only feathered, toe completely bare.