Scleroptila
Ring-necked francolin
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species

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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

The species are:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
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

  1. ^ "Phasianidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ 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

  • 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.
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