bird number 1

This is the Erckel's Francolin. This bird is a type of partridge and is one of many game birds brought to Hawaii. This bird is very easy to identify. They have a black eye-stripe and forehead, gray cheeks, light buff to white throat. Gray back, tail and wings have fine brown bars. Black bill, yellow-gray legs and feet. Flight is low and fast. The male and the female are both similar, they both show a bright chesnut colored cap. They both also have spurs on the back of their legs. The picture that I have above is a male.we can tell this because it has two distinct spurs. These types of birds are usually tamed but if you get on their bad side or you are their enemy, you will get to feel their spurs. To let yuo know they feel comfortable around you, they will start to walk in circles around you. The Francolin mates monogamously and the female lays 5 to 10 spotted in march stop in April and May and begin again in September and October. The babys are called chicks.Birds can be found in grassy and bushy areas. The Raptors are the main predotor and the eggs and young are preyed apon by baboons. This bird is 12 to 20 inches long.