Name:Pternistis griseostriatus
Alias:Pternistis griseostriatus,Grey-striped Francolin
Outline:Landfowl
Family:Chickeniformes Pheasants Polytridges
length:33-35cm
Weight:487-608g
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
The Grey-striped Francolin (Pternistis griseostriatus) has no subspecies.
The grey partridge likes to sing from the edge of a boulder or cliff in its territory. Usually alone. It consists of shoots, seeds, small beans, cassava, and large fruits of plants, as well as insects (including termites) and invertebrates. When in danger, he prefers running to escape danger rather than flying. Foraging or sandbathing along forest trails in the evening. Live alone or in small groups of up to seven individuals. In general, the species moves within a small range, averaging only 0.5 hectares, unless habitat conditions are poor, but not beyond a territory of 10 hectares. Monogamous, breeding period mainly from mid-July to late August, January-September in Seneggambia; In Ghana from December to January. It usually rains late in winter or early in 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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