red-winged francolin

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Red-winged francolin

| image =Red-winged Francolin (Francolinus levaillantii) from side, b.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2024 |title=Scleroptila levaillantii |volume=2024 |page=e.T22678769A263604065 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22678769A263604065.en |access-date=4 June 2025}}

| genus = Scleroptila

| species = levaillantii

| authority = (Valenciennes, 1825)

| synonyms = Francolinus levaillantii

}}

The red-winged francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Elgon francolin (Francolinus elgonensis) may be a hybrid between the red-winged francolin and the moorland francolin.{{cite book |title= Handbook of avian hybrids of the world |author= McCarthy, Eugene M. |year= 2006|publisher= Oxford University Press US |isbn= 978-0-19-518323-8|pages= 50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwInO7z_Y3oC&q=Francolinus+elgonensis&pg=PA49 }}