| Cape spurfowl | |
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| Adult female (no leg spurs) at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Pternistis |
| Species: | P. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pternistis capensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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| range[2][3] strongholds lower density or localized
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The Cape spurfowl or Cape francolin (Pternistis capensis) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is endemic to southern Africa, where it is the largest francolin. It occurs in the Western Cape province of South Africa, and locally northwards to southern Namibia. It has adapted to alien vegetation and a variety of human-altered habitats, but scrubby roosting and nesting space is a prerequisite.[2] The species is not threatened.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pternistis capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22678823A132050110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22678823A132050110.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b Harrison, J. A., ed. (1997). The Atlas of Southern African birds: Vol.1 Non-Passerines (PDF). Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-620-20730-2. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Hockey, P. A. R.; Dean, W. R. J.; Ryan, P. G. (2005). Roberts Birds of Southern Africa (7th ed.). Cape Town: Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. p. 71. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.