Red-billed Spurfowl

Pternistis adspersus (Waterhouse, 1838)

Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies

Red-billed Spurfowl, Pternistis adspersus, is a bird of southern Africa, with its breeding range extending from south-west Angola, northern Namibia and Botswana to south-west Zambia, north-west Zimbabwe and north-central South Africa. It belongs to the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It was described in 1838. Its underparts are barred, which separates it from the related Natal spurfowl, and it has a striking yellow eye-ring. It is also known as the red-billed francolin.

Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
Breeding range: Africa: sw Angola, n Namibia and Botswana to sw Zambia, nw Zimbabwe and nc South Africa