Some species, like the Yellow-necked Spurfowl, have now been reclassified as francolins.

The call of a yellow-necked spurfowl is a series of scratchy descending upslurs, up to seven in a series.

Male yellow-necked spurfowl often call while standing on top of mounds of earth or rock, often termite mounds.

Francolinus leucoscepus (yellow-necked spurfowl)

The yellow-necked spurfowl or yellow-necked francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

The yellow-necked spurfowl is not in the threshold for vulnerable species despite the fact that its population (though unquantified) is thought to be in decline (though not at a fast rate).