Ahanta spurfowl

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Ahanta spurfowl

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Pternistis
Species:
P. ahantensis
Binomial name
Pternistis ahantensis
(Temminck, 1854)
   geographic distribution
Synonyms

Francolinus ahantensis

The Ahanta francolin or Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of

Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo
.

Taxonomy

The Ahanta francolin was described in 1854 by the Dutch zoologist

Western Region of the Republic of Ghana.[3] The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832.[4][5] The Ahanta spurfowl is treated as monotypic: the proposed subspecies hopkinsoni is not recognised.[5]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678835A92790866.en
    . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. doi:10.1163/26660644-00601002
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  4. ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). cols 1218–1235 [1229].
  5. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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