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Red-necked spurfowl

Pternistis afer (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The red-necked spurfowl (Pternistis afer) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 454.8 g to 586 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-necked spurfowl (Pternistis afer)
Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-necked spurfowl

Weight
454.8 g – 586 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5.2 – 6src 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 red-necked spurfowl live?

Not recorded

What is the red-necked spurfowl?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-necked spurfowl” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-necked_spurfowl&oldid=1372375805), 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 red-necked spurfowl endangered?

The red-necked 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 red-necked spurfowl classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusPternistis
  7. SpeciesPternistis afer (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Francolinus afer, Francolinus midcollis, Pternistes afer

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Red-necked francolinEnglish
  • RNSPEnglish
  • RooikeelfisantAfrikaans
  • دراج أحمر الرقبةArabic
  • francolí gola-roigCatalan
  • frankolín rudohrdlýCzech
  • ffrancolin gyddfgochWelsh
  • Rødhalset SporehøneDanish
  • RotkehlfrankolinGerman
  • ruĝgorĝa frankolinoEsperanto
  • Francolín gorgirrojoSpanish
  • Francolín gorjirrojoSpanish
  • punakurk-frankoliin (punakurk-frankoliinkana)Estonian
  • دراج گردنسرخPersian
  • punakurkkufrankoliiniFinnish
  • Francolin à gorge rougeFrench
  • Pterniste à gorge rougeFrench
  • crvenogrla jarebicaCroatian
  • vörösnyakú frankolinHungarian
  • Francolino collorossoItalian
  • アカノドシャコJapanese
  • raudongurklis frankolinasLithuanian
  • RoodkeelfrankolijnDutch
  • rødstrupefrankolinNorwegian
  • szponiastonóg czerwonogardłyPolish
  • francolim-de-gola-vermelhaPortuguese
  • francolim-de-pescoço-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Красногорлый турачRussian
  • Красногорлый франколинRussian
  • frankolínec červenohrdlýSlovak
  • Crvenovrati frankolinSerbian
  • Rödstrupig frankolinSwedish
  • rödstrupig sporrhönaSwedish
  • Al Boğazlı TuraçTurkish
  • турач рудогорлийUkrainian
  • 紅喉鷓鴣Chinese
  • 紅喉彩鷓鴣Chinese
  • 红喉鹧鸪Chinese
  • iNkwaliZulu

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Relatives of the red-necked 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 red-necked spurfowl?

An adult red-necked spurfowl weighs 454.8 g – 586 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-necked spurfowl endangered?

The red-necked 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 red-necked spurfowl?

The red-necked spurfowl (Pternistis afer) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red-necked spurfowl (Pternistis afer). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-spurfowl

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{red_necked_spurfowl_2026,
  title = {Red-necked spurfowl (Pternistis afer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-spurfowl},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}