Pternistis erckelii

IUCN

Alias：Pternistis erckelii，Erckel's Francolin

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Pternistis erckelii
Aliases：Pternistis erckelii，Erckel's Francolin
Outline：Landfowl
Family：Chickeniformes Pheasants Polytridges

Vital signs

length：38-43cm
Weight：1050-1136g
lifetime：No textual research information is available

Feature

The forehead and side of the crown are black, the crown and nape chestnut brown, and the beak and legs are grayish black

Details

Brown top colored partridge (scientific name: Pternistis erckelii) foreign name Erckel' s Francolin, no subspecies.

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Brown-topped partridges like to sing from the edge of boulders or cliffs in their territory. Usually alone. It feeds on plant bulbs and bulbs, seeds, berries and shoots, as well as small mollusks, termites, ants and other insects. When in danger, he prefers running to escape danger rather than flying. The breeding season is May-November in Ethiopia and April-May in northern Sudan, generally during late winter rains or early dry summer.

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

Country of origin: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan.
Introduced: Italy and the United States (Hawaiian Islands).
It lives in scrub, on the edges of forests and around farmlands, including brush wastelands, rocky hillsides and tree-shaded rivers.

Form

Brown top colored partridge 38-43 cm long; Males weigh 1050-1590 grams and females weigh 1136 grams. The forehead and crown side are black, the crown and nape chestnut brown, and the ear feathers are gray, with the overall distinctive white stripes and swirly feathers; The beak and leg claws are grayish black.