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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Francolinus
- Mass
- 355
- Image
- Francolinus francolinus, Azerbaijan.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Francolinus francolinus
- Commons category
- Francolinus francolinus
- Commons gallery
- Francolinus francolinus
- taxon common name
- francolim-preto
- litter size
- 9.2
- short name
- F. francolinus
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. It was formerly known as the black partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India (locally known as kaala teetar, काला तीतर). Fried black francolin is eaten in Azerbaijani cuisine.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black Francolin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.