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Yellow-necked spurfowl

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The yellow-necked spurfowl is not in the threshold for vulnerable species despite the fact that its population (though unquantified) is thought to be in decline (though not at a fast rate). The primary threat to the species is over-hunting.
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It has been noted that this bird is most active at dawn and dusk. The bird is also noted to be very adaptable, it can continue to live in land after agriculture begins, it only leaves lands when heavy human occupation begins.
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The call of a yellow-necked spurfowl is a series of scratchy descending upslurs, up to seven in a series. Male yellow-necked spurfowl often call while standing on top of mounds of earth or rock, often
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south through Ethiopia, east South Sudan, south Somalia, northeast Uganda, Kenya and north central Tanzania
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The yellow-necked spurfowl was described in 1867 by the English ornithologist
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meaning "covering" or "mantle". The species is now placed in the
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Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the yellow-necked spurfowl
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Yellow-necked francolin

Samburu National Reserve
Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Pternistis
Binomial name
Gray, GR

Synonyms
bird
Phasianidae
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
spurs

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