Red-necked francolin
The red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer ), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae that is a resident species in southern Africa.
The red-necked spurfowl is 25–38 cm (9.8–15.0 in) in length, with significant size differences between the subspecies. It is a generally dark spurfowl, brown above and black-streaked grey or white underparts. The bill, bare facial skin, neck and legs are bright red.
The red-necked spurfowl breeds across the central belt of Africa and down the east coast to South Africa.
The red-necked spurfowl is a wary species, keeping to deep cover, although it sometimes feeds in open scrub or cultivation if disturbance is limited and there are thickets nearby. The nest is a bare scrape, and three to nine eggs are laid.
