Ortygornis gularis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The swamp francolin (Ortygornis gularis), also called swamp partridge, is a francolin species native to the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India and Nepal. It is considered extinct in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
It was formerly classified in the genus Francolinus, but phylogenetic analyses indicates that it groups with the crested francolin (O. sephaena) and grey francolin (O. pondicerianus). All three species were reclassified in the genus Ortygornis.
From Frank Finn's The Game Birds of India & Asia (1911): This species is easily distinguished from most of our partridges by its large size and comparatively long legs; as in the last species, the sexes are alike in plumage, but the cock is easily distinguishable by his spurs. The upper plumage is brown barred with buff, and the outer tail-feathers chestnut, as in the grey partridge; but the throat is bright rust-red, and the rest of the under-parts brown longitudinally streaked with white. The bill is blackish, the eyes dark, and the feet dull red. The cock of this species, which is a little larger than the hen, will measure... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Francolin sighting in Kaziranga National Park on a given day, based on 858 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 323 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–April and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Francolin in Kaziranga National Park on a given day, against about 30% in August–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Kaziranga National Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 520 mm in June. June and July have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swamp Francolin sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Swamp Francolin sightings, Kaziranga National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Manas National Park (India, about 10%).
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Swamp Francolin that you can see in Kaziranga National Park (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Red Junglefowl (about 70%) and Kalij Pheasant (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swamp Francolin is recorded against all the birds logged in Kaziranga National Park (858 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.
