Pternistis ahantensis
Silhouette: Amanda Kuhlman · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The Ahanta francolin or Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is native to western Africa, where it occurs in Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
The Ahanta francolin was described in 1854 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck from specimens collected in the Dutch Gold Coast, now southern Ghana, and given the binomial name Francolinus ahantensis. Ahanta was the name of a region and a people in what is now the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana. The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832. The Ahanta spurfowl is treated as monotypic: the proposed subspecies hopkinsoni is not recognised.
Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the Ahanta spurfowl
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ahanta Francolin sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 233rd most-seen of the 250 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ahanta Francolin in Kakum National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ahanta Francolin sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Kakum National Park, in our data
Kakum National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ahanta Francolin sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ahanta Francolin is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakum National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
