 Although locally common across much of its range, and evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Recent surveys for the species in prime habitat in southwestern Uganda detected its presence at only 1 in 10 survey points.The research concluded that a reanalysis of the status of the handsome francolin could be justified in the light of its apparent strong preference for montane bamboo forest, which is a rare and patchy habitat.