Other Names: Painted Partridge.

Subspecies: F. f. pictus - Southern India, F. f. pallidus - Central India, F. f. watsonsi - Sri Lanka.

Range: India, Sri Lanka

Habitat: Scrublands and dry grasslands.

Status in Wild: Locally common on the Indian subcontinent, may hybridize with Black Francolin in small section of Manipur. The race watsoni is endangered on Sri Lanka.

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Photo Credits
Hume and Marshall, Gamebirds of India, Burma and Ceylon, 1880

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• Francolinus pictus Images - Images of this species located at the Phasianidae group on flickr.
• Painted Francolin - The Oriental Bird Club Image Database.
• Wikipedia - Painted Francolin - Wikipedia's species page.

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