Heuglin's spurfowl

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Heuglin's 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. icterorhynchus
Binomial name
Pternistis icterorhynchus
(Heuglin, 1863)
   geographic distribution
Synonyms

Francolinus icterorhynchus

Heuglin's spurfowl (Pternistis icterorhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda. The German explorer Theodor von Heuglin first described the species.

Taxonomy

Heuglin's spurfowl was described in 1863 by the German ornithologist and explorer

sister to the double-spurred spurfowl.[6] Heuglin's spurfowl is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678811A92789533.en
    . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ von Heuglin, Theodor (1863). "Ornithologische Beobachtungen aus Central-Africa". Journal für Ornithologie (in German and Latin). 11: 270–276 [275].
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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  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 14 February 2020.
  6. S2CID 195417777
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