Gray-winged Francolin

Scleroptila afra (Latham, 1790) — also called Grey-winged Francolin, Grey-wing Francolin. Occurrence records of the Gray-winged Francolin are shared on GBIF from around 22 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (529 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhasianidae

22reserves with records

1 739records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Gray-winged Francolin (Scleroptila afra) — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	529
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	456
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	188
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational park	FS Free State	117
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	96
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	80
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	67
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	60
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	58
Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	21
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	17
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	16
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	6
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	4
Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Brakputs Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	2
Grassland National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	2
Gamkaberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	2
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 14 reserves
Free State: 3 reserves
Northern Cape: 3 reserves
Eastern Cape: 1 reserve
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Scientific name: Scleroptila afra
GBIF taxon: 6101190
Wikidata: Q27074559

More of the Phasianidae family

Natal Spurfowl Swainson's Spurfowl Cape Spurfowl Crested Francolin Red-necked Spurfowl Common Quail Coqui Francolin Red-winged Francolin Indian Peafowl Orange River Francolin Shelley's Francolin

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.