Hildebrandt's spurfowl

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Hildebrandt's spurfowl
Male

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. hildebrandti
Binomial name
Pternistis hildebrandti
(Cabanis, 1878)
   geographic distribution
Synonyms

Francolinus hildebrandti

Hildebrandt's spurfowl (Pternistis hildebrandti) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. The species is named for Johann Maria Hildebrandt, who collected the first specimens in Kenya. The sexes differ markedly in their plumage and females are smaller than males.

Taxonomy

Hildebrandt's spurfowl was described in 1878 by the German ornithologist

sister to the Natal spurfowl.[6]

Two subspecies are recognised:[5]

  • P. h. hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878) — Kenya, north and west Tanzania, southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeast Zambia
  • P. h. johnstoni (Shelley, 1894) — southeast Tanzania, north Mozambique, Malawi

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22678827A132050308.en
    . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. S2CID 46121382
    .
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 81.
  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 8 February 2020.
  6. S2CID 195417777
    .

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