Species profile
Gray-breasted Francolin
Pternistis rufopictus
Quick answer
NW Tanzania (Lake Victoria to Serengeti and s to Wembere)
- Scientific name
- Pternistis rufopictus
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Pternistis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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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)