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Crested Francolin

Ortygornis sephaena

The crested francolin (Ortygornis sephaena) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is well known as the Bospatrys in Afrikaans.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. One of its subspecies, Ortygornis sephaena rovuma, is sometimes considered a separate species, Kirk's francolin.

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Photo credit: Dick Daniels (http://theworldbirds.org/)

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