Crested Francolin
Ortygornis sephaena (Smith, A, 1836)
Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
Crested Francolin, Ortygornis sephaena, is a bird of eastern and south-eastern Africa in the pheasant family. It was described by Smith in 1836. One of its subspecies, Ortygornis sephaena rovuma, is sometimes treated as a separate species and is known as Kirk's francolin. The species was once placed in its own genus, Dendroperdix, but is now grouped in Ortygornis with the grey francolin and swamp francolin. Its recognised subspecies are grantii, rovuma, sephaena, spilogaster and zambesiae.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: e, se
