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In the 2020 Sasol, you find:

Spurfowl, Cape Pternistis capensis
Spurfowl, Natal Pternistis natalensis
Spurfowl, Red-billed Pternistis adspersus
Spurfowl, Red-necked Pternistis afer
Spurfowl, Swainson’s Pternistis swainsonii

Francolin, Coqui Peliperdix coqui
Francolin, Crested Dendroperdix sephaena
Francolin, Grey-winged Scleroptila afra
Francolin, Orange River Scleroptila gutturalis
Francolin, Red-winged Scleroptila levaillantii
Francolin, Shelley’s Scleroptila shelleyi


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Mine is old!


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The Cape spurfowl female has also spurs. Anyone with a photo?


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which one you would like ;-)
from back, side and front ;-)
I will delete the others if it's too much



Cape Spurfowl - Kirstenbosch 2011
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The feet must show, nan.

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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

And now I wonder if we have females or males here -O-


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Mine is a female, one short spur. The male has two.


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Nan's last one does not show the feet, but nan's other ones are females, too, I think.


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I have a male Coqui Francolin.
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One can see the spur above the elevated hind toe.


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Shows clearly \O

Coqui Francolins have a clear difference between male and female though....not only the spur(s) ;-)

Never seen one of those :-0


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