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Francolinus adspersus (Red-billed Francolin)

Synonyms: Pternistis adspersus

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-billed spurfowl (Pternistis adspersus), also known as the red-billed francolin, is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
View Wikipedia Record: Francolinus adspersus

Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.37361
EDGE Score: 1.47559

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  436 grams
Birth Weight [2]  26.8 grams
Female Weight [4]  394 grams
Male Weight [4]  1.025 lbs (465 g)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  18 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  40 %
Diet - Plants [3]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  6
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Incubation [5]  22 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Snout to Vent Length [1]  14 inches (36 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Guibourtia coleosperma (Rhodesian Mahogany)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Greater Blue-eared Starling)1
Lophoceros bradfieldi (Bradfield's Hornbill)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Davainea provincialis <Unverified Name>[7]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
4Johnsgard, PA 1988. The Quails, Partridges, and Francolins of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford
5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0