Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis leucoscepus (Gray, GR, 1867)

Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Pternistis leucoscepus, is a bird of eastern Africa, breeding in Eritrea and southern South Sudan through Somalia, Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. It belongs to the pheasant family and was first described in 1867. The bird is identified by the yellow patch on its neck, which gives it its name. Males have spurs on the backs of their legs. It is also known from a wider range that includes Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies

Breeding range

Africa: Eritrea and e South Sudan to Somalia, Kenya and ne Tanzania