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Ahanta spurfowl

Pternistis ahantensis (Temminck, 1854)

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The ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 487 g to 608 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis)
Photo: Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, pl. XIV · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the ahanta spurfowl

Weight
487 g – 608 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ahanta spurfowl live?

Not recorded

What is the ahanta spurfowl?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Ahanta francolin or Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is native to western Africa, where it occurs in Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

From the Wikipedia article “Ahanta spurfowl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ahanta_spurfowl&oldid=1339190386), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the ahanta spurfowl endangered?

The ahanta spurfowl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the ahanta spurfowl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusPternistis
  7. SpeciesPternistis ahantensis (Temminck, 1854)

Synonyms Francolinus ahantensis, Francolinus ahantensis ahantensis, Francolinus ahantensis hopkinsoni, Pternistis ahantensis ahantensis, Pternistis ahantensis hopkinsoni

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Ahanta francolinEnglish
  • Ahanta francolinEnglish
  • Ahanta francolinEnglish
  • AHSPEnglish
  • دراج اهانتاArabic
  • francolí d'AhantaCatalan
  • frankolín ahantskýCzech
  • frankolín západoafrickýCzech
  • Vestlig SkælfrankolinDanish
  • Senegambisk SkælfrankolinDanish
  • AhantafrankolinGerman
  • Ahanta-FrankolinGerman
  • ahanta frankolinoEsperanto
  • Francolín de AhantaSpanish
  • ginea frankoliin (ginea frankoliinkana)Estonian
  • دراج آهانتاPersian
  • guineanfrankoliiniFinnish
  • Francolin d'AhantaFrench
  • Francolin d’AhantaFrench
  • Pterniste d'AhantaFrench
  • smeđa jarebicaCroatian
  • Francolino dell'AshantiItalian
  • チャミミシャコJapanese
  • gambinis frankolinasLithuanian
  • AhantafrankolijnDutch
  • ashantifrankolinNorwegian
  • szponiastonóg brązowouchyPolish
  • اہانتا چکورWestern Panjabi
  • perdiz-do-gunalPortuguese
  • francolim-ahantaPortuguese
  • francolim-de-ahantaPortuguese
  • Гамбийский турачRussian
  • Гамбийский франколинRussian
  • frankolínec hnedýSlovak
  • Ganski frankolinSerbian
  • ahantasporrhönaSwedish
  • Ahanta TuracıTurkish
  • турач гамбійськийUkrainian
  • 褐頂鷓鴣Chinese
  • 褐顶鹧鸪Chinese

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Relatives of the ahanta spurfowl

Other species in the same genus Pternistis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ahanta spurfowl?

An adult ahanta spurfowl weighs 487 g – 608 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the ahanta spurfowl endangered?

The ahanta spurfowl is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the ahanta spurfowl?

The ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ahanta-spurfowl

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{ahanta_spurfowl_2026,
  title = {Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ahanta-spurfowl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}