Red-necked Spurfowl
Masai Mara
22Oct2014
Wary and nervous...breeds across
the central belt of Africa and down
the east coast to Tanzania.
the central belt of Africa and down
the east coast to Tanzania.
Pternistis afer
(L 14-16")
Theo. Roosevelt maintained that
real hunters honored the game
they shot, and that the opposite
attitude (“butcher spirit”) was
evil incarnate.
real hunters honored the game
they shot, and that the opposite
attitude (“butcher spirit”) was
evil incarnate.
(Douglas Brinkley)
Pternistis in Greek means one who
trips with the heel (i.e., double
spurs); afer means African.
trips with the heel (i.e., double
spurs); afer means African.
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