Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) — also called Red-necked Francolin, RNSP, Red-necked Francolin (Northern). Occurrence records of the Red-necked Spurfowl are shared on GBIF from around 43 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Addo Elephant National Park (1 199 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhasianidae

43reserves with records

5 234records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

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

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Addo Elephant National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	1 199
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	589
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	589
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	584
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	394
Nyati ConcessionProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	288
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	224
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	201
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	201
King William's Town Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	160
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	152
Nyosi Wildlife ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	117
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	47
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	45
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	36
Plettenberg Bay Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	35
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Lourie Dam Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	30
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	30
Amakhala Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	26
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay 🐘Wildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	25
Ntsikeni Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	24
Huisklip Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	22
Ruitersbos Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	19
Giant's Castle Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	19
Lotheni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	16
Noorsekloof Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	15
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	14
Loteni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	13
Island Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	12
Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	11
Temba Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	EC Eastern Cape	11
Kamberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Van Stadens Wild Flower ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	8
Bridle Drift Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	6
Kragga Kamma Game ParkProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	6
Jubilee Creek Picnic SiteNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Amathole Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	4
Hopewell Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	4
Plaatbos Nature ReserveForest reserve	EC Eastern Cape	4
Shamwari Private Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	4
Lalibela Game ReserveGame reserve	EC Eastern Cape	2
QwaQwa National ParkNational park	FS Free State	2

By province

Eastern Cape: 27 reserves
Western Cape: 9 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 6 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Scientific name: Pternistis afer
GBIF taxon: 2473787
Wikidata: Q27074582

More of the Phasianidae family

Natal Spurfowl Swainson's Spurfowl Cape Spurfowl Crested Francolin Gray-winged Francolin 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.