Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Francolinus > Francolinus hartlaubiFrancolinus hartlaubi (Hartlaub's Francolin)Synonyms: Pternistis hartlaubi The Hartlaub's spurfowl, or Hartlaub's francolin (Pternistis hartlaubi) is an endemic bird species of the escarpment zone of Namibia and Angola. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German physician and ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.4637 EDGE Score: 2.13579 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 244 grams | | Female Weight [3] | 225 grams | | Male Weight [3] | 270 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [3] | 20 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 70 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 6 | | Mating Display [5] | Ground display | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 11 inches (27 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Angola |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands |
Angola |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Itigi-Sumbu thicket |
Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Brandberg mountain |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Hobatere |
Namibia |
A2, A3 |
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Iona National Park |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namib-Naukluft Park |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Waterberg Plateau Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3 |
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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 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz 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 ♦ 5Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 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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