page_title: Double-spurred spurfowl
hierarchical_section_title: Double-spurred spurfowl
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Egg of double-spurred francolin (ayesha) Collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de Francolin à double éperon (ayesha) Collection Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.
context_page_description: The double-spurred spurfowl is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Like most spurfowls, it is restricted to Africa. It is a resident breeder in tropical west Africa, but there is a small and declining isolated population in Morocco.
context_section_description: The double-spurred spurfowl (Pternistis bicalcaratus) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Like most spurfowls, it is restricted to Africa. It is a resident breeder in tropical west Africa, but there is a small and declining isolated population in Morocco.
caption: Pternistis bicalcaratus ayesha - MHNT
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