Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Francolinus > Francolinus ahantensisFrancolinus ahantensis (Ahanta Francolin)Synonyms: Pternistis ahantensis The Ahanta francolin (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is native to Africa, where it occurs in Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.83307 EDGE Score: 1.57548 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 1.206 lbs (547 g) | | Female Weight [1] | 1.074 lbs (487 g) | | Male Weight [1] | 1.34 lbs (608 g) | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 24.8 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 70 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 5 | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 13 inches (34 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Eastern Guinean forests |
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guinean forest-savanna mosaic |
Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Guinean mangroves |
Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire |
Afrotropic |
Mangroves |
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Guinean montane forests |
Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Nigerian lowland forests |
Nigeria, Benin |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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West Sudanian savanna |
Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Guinean lowland forests |
Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Abuko Nature Reserve |
Gambia |
A3 |
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Atewa Range Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bia National Park and Resource Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bossematie Forest Reserve |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bura River Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cestos: Senkwen |
Liberia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Comoe National Park |
C |
A3 |
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Diécké |
Guinea |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Digya National Park |
Ghana |
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Ebi River Shelterbelt Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Fazao-Malfakassa National Park |
Togo |
A1, A3 |
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Fure River Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gola Forest Reserve |
Sierra Leone |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Grebo |
Liberia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan |
Nigeria |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kakum National Park: Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kalakpa Resource Reserve |
Ghana |
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Kambui Hills Forest Reserve |
Sierra Leone |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve |
Sierra Leone |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kounounkan |
Guinea |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kyabobo (proposed) National Park |
Ghana |
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Lama Forest |
Benin |
A3 |
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Lamto Ecological Research Station |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve |
Sierra Leone |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mamiri Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Marahoue National Park |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Massif du Ziama |
Guinea |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Misahöhe Forest Reserve |
Togo |
A1, A3 |
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Monts Nimba |
Guinea |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mopri Forest Reserve |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Afadjato: Agumatsa Range forest |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site |
Ghana |
A3, A4i |
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Nimba mountains |
Liberia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ouémé river basin |
Benin |
A3 |
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Peko Mountain National Park |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pirang Forest Park |
Gambia |
A3 |
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Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sangbe Mountain National Park |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tai National Park and Nzo Faunal Reserve |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve |
Ghana |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve |
Sierra Leone |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Western Area Peninsula Non-hunting Forest Reserve |
Sierra Leone |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Wologizi mountains |
Liberia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Wonegizi mountains |
Liberia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves |
C |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Zwedru |
Liberia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Guinean Forests of West Africa |
Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo |
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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 ♦ 2Hamish 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 ♦ 3Jetz 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 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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