Species profile
Erckel's Spurfowl
Pternistis erckelii
Quick answer
Eritrea to n Ethiopia and e Sudan (Red Sea Province)
- Scientific name
- Pternistis erckelii
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Pternistis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Erckel's Spurfowl in your journal
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Related species in Phasianidae
- African Blue Quail (Synoicus adansonii)
- Ahanta Spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis)
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- Alectoris bavarica (Alectoris bavarica)
- Altai snowcock (Tetrao altaicus)
- Altai Snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
- Annamite Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata)
- Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)