black francolin
frankolin
francolinus francolinus latin

It is more arboreal in its habits than the Black Francolin.

The black francolin only flies when disturbed.

The distribution of this species is to the south of the range of the Black Francolin.

Black Francolin female: The female is mainly brown, but has a chestnut hind neck.

Akyatan is an important breeding area for the endangered marbled duck and rarely seen purple swamphen and black francolin.

It can be confused only with the Black Francolin with which it partly overlaps and is said to sometimes hybridize.

It is found in drier areas than the Black Francolin but wetter zones than the Grey Francolin.

The flight pattern of Black Francolin is short, direct flight punctuated by glides with rounded wings, rounded tail narrow black and white bars.

This species can be told apart from the female of a Black Francolin by the lack of a rufous hind collar and the white spots on the underside.

The Black Francolin, Francolinus francolinus, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

The head of the Black Francolin is curved with brown iris eyes color and unique pattern of brown color crown and the throat color is black.

Black Francolin male: The male Black Francolin is black with white patch on the cheek, a chestnut collar and white spots on the flanks.

The species interbreeds with the Black Francolin along its northern and appears similar to the female of that species but has no rufous hindcollar, instead having a bright rufous face and throat.

The banks of this beautiful river were generally thickly clothed with bright green nabbuk trees, that formed a shelter for INNUMERABLE guinea-fowl, and the black francolin partridge.

BLACK FRANCOLIN or BLACK PARTRIDGE Francolinus francolinus.

The forest harbors in excess of 300 species of birds, many of which are rare; including the Pied Hornbill, Superb Sunbird, Grey Parrot, Crowned Eagle, Black-billed Turacos and the endangered Nahan's Frankolin.

The Black Francolin, Francolinus francolinus, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

Davis,G (1939) On Indian Grey and Black Partridges (Francolinus pondicerianus and Francolinus francolinus).

BLACK FRANCOLIN or BLACK PARTRIDGE Francolinus francolinus.

It also supported populations of endemic birds; a possible distinct subspecies of the Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus billypayni) and the similarly distinct Southern Turkish Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus kosswigi).