Crested Francolin
Ortygornis sephaena
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Ortygornis
- eBird Code
- crefra2
Vocalizations
Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (5)
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Ortygornis sephaena grantii
South Sudan and western Ethiopia to north-central Tanzania
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Ortygornis sephaena rovuma
coastal Kenya and Tanzania to northern Mozambique
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Ortygornis sephaena sephaena
eastern Zimbabwe to southeastern Botswana and northeastern South Africa
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Ortygornis sephaena spilogaster
eastern Ethiopia to Somalia and northeastern Kenya
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Ortygornis sephaena zambesiae
west-central Mozambique to northwestern Namibia and southern Angola
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.