Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Red Spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea) - HBW 2, p. 523
French: Galloperdrix rouge
German: Rotes Spornhuhn
Spanish: Faisancillo Rojo
Taxonomy: Tetrao spadiceus Gmelin, 1789, Madagascar, ex Sonnerat, error = Nepal.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caurina Blanford, 1898 - NW India (Aravalli Hills, S Rajasthan).
- spadicea (Gmelin, 1789) - W Nepal and much of Peninsular India (Uttar Pradesh S to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu).
- stewarti Stuart Baker, 1919 - S India (Kerala).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An alert female at a feeding station in the forest edge. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp stewarti)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2009 2 years ago 57 sec 4.5 -
An alert male at a feeding station in the forest edge. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp stewarti)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A male walking on the ground, next to a female Grey Junglefowl. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp stewarti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 20 sec 3.2 -
A male feeding. Locality Mysore Zoo, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (ssp spadicea)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2009 2 years ago 40 sec 2.7 -
A pair preening and a close-up of both members. Locality Mysore Zoo, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (ssp spadicea)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2009 2 years ago 18 sec 2.3 -
A male's plumage detail. Locality Mysore Zoo, Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India (ssp spadicea)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2009 2 years ago 5 sec 2
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spurfoul family
Locality Thrissur District, Kerala, India
harikamal 13 August 2011 34 weeks ago 3.7 -
A female bird
Locality Pegumbuhalla, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 1 October 2011 34 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male bird
Locality Pegumbuhalla, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 1 October 2011 34 weeks ago 3.3 -
A lateral view of a female.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp stewarti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp stewarti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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