Species profile
Heuglin's Spurfowl
Pternistis icterorhynchus
Quick answer
Central African Republic to southern Sudan, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda
- Scientific name
- Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Pternistis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Heuglin's Spurfowl in your journal
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Related species in Phasianidae
- African Blue Quail (Synoicus adansonii)
- Ahanta Spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis)
- Alectoris baryosefi (Alectoris baryosefi)
- Alectoris bavarica (Alectoris bavarica)
- Altai snowcock (Tetrao altaicus)
- Altai Snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
- Annamite Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata)
- Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)