Crested Francolin
Lake Bogoria
29Oct2014
Bantam-like gamebird
...widespread in east and
south Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ortygornis sephaena
(L 9.5-11.5")
1,2  Tie my shoe
3,4  Shut the door
5,6  Pick up sticks
7,8  Lay them straight
9, 10  A big fat hen.
Let‘s get up and count again!
         (Nursery Rhyme)
Ortygornis in Greek means quail
bird; sephaena may be an
unrecorded Chuana native name
.
© Myles E.
W. North
Macaulay
Library
International