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Scleroptila whytei

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Scleroptila whytei

Name   Scleroptila whytei

Alias   Scleroptila whytei，Whyte's Francolin

Outline   Landfowl

Family   Chickeniformes P.family R.Partridge

length   About 33 cm

Weight   392-480g

Life   No textual research information is available

IUCN   LC

Feature   A medium tan ringnecked partridge

White ring neck Partridge (scientific name: Scleroptila whytei) foreign name Whyte' s Francolin, no subspecies.

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White-necked partridges are land birds that usually gather in pairs or family groups. Flies fast when in danger, but usually runs around in panic. It feeds mainly on the roots and bulbs of plants, searches for insects and plant seeds on the ground, eats weeds, roots, seeds, young leaves and crops, and also eats insects and invertebrates.
The White Partridge is monogamous and the breeding season in Zambia is from February to December, almost all year round. The nest is built on the ground hidden in dense grass. Each clutch lays 3-8 eggs.

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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It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Zambia.
It inhabits the mountains, hilly grasslands and open woodlands of Africa. It inhabits at an altitude of 600-1800 m, reaching up to 2000 m on the Nyika Plateau.
White's Partridge is 33 cm long and weighs 392-480 grams. It is a medium-sized brown-colored ringnecked partridge with reddish square markings on the brown-colored feathers on the sides of its neck. The lower body has black and white horizontal streaks of water. The throat is stained white. The beak is black and the legs are yellow.

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