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title: "Red-necked Spurfowl"
description: "Pternistis afer — Birds. The red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae that is a resident species in southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-necked-spurfowl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-necked Spurfowl

> Pternistis afer — Birds. The red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae that is a resident species in southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Pternistis afer*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 2001
- Wikidata: [Q27074582](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074582)
- iNaturalist taxon: [495994](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/495994)

## Names

- en: Red-necked Spurfowl
- de: Rotkehlfrankolin
- es: Francolín Gorjirrojo
- fr: Francolin à gorge rouge
- pt: Francolim-de-gola-vermelha
- pl: Szponiastonóg czerwonogardły

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (741), TZ (327), KE (276), UG (251), ZM (89), MW (57), RW (55), MZ (43), AO (29), NA (11), CG (9), ZW (9)

## Summary

The red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae that is a resident species in southern Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_spurfowl

## Photo

![Red-necked Spurfowl](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-necked-spurfowl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68323267

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-necked-spurfowl?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).