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Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Pternistis castaneicollis (Salvadori, 1888)
Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl, Pternistis castaneicollis, is a bird of the pheasant family found in montane parts of southern to north-eastern Ethiopia and north-western Somalia. It was described in 1888 by Salvadori. The species is notable for its chestnut nape, which gives it its name. It belongs to the genus Pternistis and is treated within Galliformes. Its recorded range covers Ethiopia and Somaliland, and it is a large spurfowl.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: montane s to ne Ethiopia and nw Somalia
