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Scaly Francolin

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Scaly Francolin Life habits and morphological characteristics

The body length of the partridge is 30-33 cm; Males weigh 372-565 grams and females weigh 377-515 grams. It is a species with quite dark plumage, dark brown, with white fringes and markings. The forehead is brown, the crown side and ear feathers are gray, with white stripes and swirls overall; The beak and legs are orange.

Scaly Francolin Distribution range and habitat

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda.
It inhabits densely forested evergreen forests, ranging from 800 m to 3000 m above sea level.

Scaly Francolin Detailed Introduction

The Partridge squamatus (Pternistis squamatus) has six subspecies, Scaly Francolin.

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Partridges are usually solitary. Feed on bulbs and bulbs, seeds, berries and shoots of plants, including sweet potatoes and peanuts. They also eat small mollusks, termites, ants and other insects. When in danger, he prefers running to escape danger rather than flying. The breeding season in Ethiopia and southern Cameroon is from October to December, and in western Cameroon from October to March. 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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