Jackson's Francolin occurs in the highlands of western and central Kenya, using montane forest, moorland, and bamboo patches.
It has a red bill and yellow-orange ear patch and eye ring. Males have spurs on the legs.
Jackson’s Spurfowl occurs in East African highlands, including Kenya’s Aberdare Mountains. It was also recorded in central Kenyan shade-coffee farms containing native shade trees and ground vegetation.
A 2022 paper reported three visits to 80 forest and 80 coffee points during February–April 2020 near Nairobi. The authors listed Jackson’s Francolin among species detected in coffee but not in the surveyed forests.
Cordia and other native trees shaded the coffee shrubs, with herbaceous plants growing between the rows. These farms contained layers of tall trees, low coffee shrubs and ground vegetation. The reported spurfowl observation documents its occurrence within that agricultural setting.
IUCN Red List (BirdLife listing) · Least Concern · Global
BirdLife lists Least Concern globally. In the Aberdares, agricultural encroachment, illegal logging and livestock grazing threaten forests. Conserving natural forest and native trees in surrounding farmland contributes to regional bird habitat protection.