Red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer), is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.
It breeds across the central belt of Africa and down the east coast to Tanzania.
It is 25–38 cm in length, with a significant size difference between the subspecies, of which there are seven.
It is a generally dark francolin, brown above and black-streaked grey or white underparts.
The bill, bare facial skin, neck and legs are bright red.
It is a wary species, keeping to deep cover, although it sometimes feeds in open scrub or cultivation if disturbance is limited and there are thickets nearby.
It is widespread and common throughout its large range.
Reference: Wikipedia