Scleroptila
Appearance
Scleroptila | |
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Ring-necked francolin | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Gallini |
Genus: | Scleroptila Blyth, 1852 |
Type species | |
Perdix levaillantii[1] Valenciennes, 1825
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Francolinus |
Scleroptila is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini of the pheasant family. Its eight species range through Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
[edit]The species are:[2]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Ring-necked francolin | Scleroptila streptophora | Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. | |
Red-winged francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. | |
Finsch's francolin | Scleroptila finschi | Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, parts of Cameroon, and Gabon. | |
Moorland francolin | Scleroptila psilolaema | Ethiopia. | |
Grey-winged francolin | Scleroptila afra | Lesotho and South Africa. | |
Orange River francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya | |
Shelley's francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. | |
Whyte's francolin | Scleroptila whytei | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia. | |
Elgon francolin | Scleroptila elgonensis | Uganda (Mount Elgon) to central Kenya |
References
[edit]- ^ "Phasianidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, F; D Donsker, eds. (2013). "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5)". International Ornithologists' Union. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
Further reading
[edit]- Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.; Little, R.M.; Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2019). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of 'true' francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp". Ostrich. 90 (3): 191–221. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954. S2CID 208597134.