This francolin lives in sub-Saharan Africa, using grassland and dry scrub among other open habitats. It may be seen in groups and eats seeds, berries, insects, and molluscs.
It is 32–35 cm long.
Clapperton’s Spurfowl use grassland, wooded areas and farmland in Africa. In southwestern Ethiopia’s Arjo-Didessa River Valley, they were recorded in farmland, forest, grassland and riverine habitats. Several parts of this local landscape supported their occurrence.
Surveys from January 2018 through December 2020 covered dry and wet seasons. Recorded groups ranged from one to thirteen birds, and all four habitat types held records in both seasons. The observations show the breadth of local habitats used.
Helmeted Guineafowl also occurred across all four habitat types, whereas Stone Partridges were recorded only in woodland forest. These ground-dwelling birds differed in the breadth of habitats used within the same valley, linking species-specific occurrence to a mixed agricultural and natural landscape.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The Arjo-Didessa study identifies habitat loss, agricultural intensification, burning, fuelwood collection and agrochemicals as pressures on local galliforms. Hunting and egg collection were also reported. Conserving this multi-habitat species involves the valley landscape and patterns of human use.