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Red Spurfowl

Galloperdix spadicea

The red spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea) is a member of the pheasant family and is endemic to India. It is a bird of forests, and is quite secretive despite its size. It has a distinctive call and is often hard to see except for a few seconds when it flushes from the undergrowth. It appears reddish and like a long-tailed partridge. The bare skin around the eye is reddish. The legs of both males and females have one or two spurs, which give them their name. Overall reddish-brown, this large partridge-like bird has a somewhat long tail. The upper parts are brown with dark barring while the face and neck are more grey in the male. The underside is rufous with dark markings and both sexes have a red facial skin patch and red legs with one or two spurs (rarely three or four while females may have none). Downy chicks have an unmarked cinnamon brown head, a dark brown band along the back bordered by creamy stripes edged with thin lines of dark brown. The male of the distinctive Kerala race, G. s. stewarti has all-chestnut plumage, including the head feathers. Both sexes have long feathers on the crown that can be erected into a crest.
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Venkataraman Mahadevan
Tuesday 02 May 2023 - 12:09am
India
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Nishant Bhagwat
Sunday 06 Feb 2022 - 7:50am
India
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Arjun Cheyyur
Wednesday 02 Feb 2022 - 10:23am
India
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Jamie BT
Friday 19 Mar 2021 - 5:05pm
India
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