Galliformes / Phasianidae / Ortygornis

Crested Francolin

Ortygornis sephaena

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0

Ortygornis sephaena grantii

South Sudan and western Ethiopia to north-central Tanzania
Ortygornis sephaena rovuma

coastal Kenya and Tanzania to northern Mozambique
Ortygornis sephaena sephaena

eastern Zimbabwe to southeastern Botswana and northeastern South Africa
Ortygornis sephaena spilogaster

eastern Ethiopia to Somalia and northeastern Kenya
Ortygornis sephaena zambesiae

west-central Mozambique to northwestern Namibia and southern Angola

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.