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Chestnut-naped Spurfowl - Male & Female The only group of Chestnut-naped Spurfowl (including chicks), that we saw on the Sanetti Plateau and not on the Harenna Escarpment.  Here a male (left) and a female (right). Bale Mountains,Chestnut-naped spurfowl,Oromia,Pternistis castaneicollis,Pternistis castaneicollis castaneicollis,Sanetti Plateau Click/tap to enlarge

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl - Male & Female

The only group of Chestnut-naped Spurfowl (including chicks), that we saw on the Sanetti Plateau and not on the Harenna Escarpment. Here a male (left) and a female (right).

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The chestnut-naped spurfowl is a species of bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. At 33–37 cm in length and weighing 550–1,200 g , it is a large species of spurfowl.
It is found in Ethiopia and Somaliland. The population is believed to be stable but according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature there is insufficient data to make an estimate of the population.

Similar species: Landfowl
Species identified by NattyOne
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Uploaded Oct 9, 2024. Captured Nov 12, 2023 06:02.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/7.1
  • 1/332s
  • ISO3200
  • 250mm