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Red-billed Spurfowl

Pternistis adspersus

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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow eye ring and red bill

Habitat:

Dry Savanna woodland, along watercourses

Notes:

This little guy was with us at our campsite in the Savuti, where we watched the Savuti River in flood for the first time in 30 years

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
AaronBarringer
Also locally known as Red-billed francolin. They are lovely but noisy!

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PublishedMarch 23, 2011

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