Pternistis

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Pternistis
Grey-breasted spurfowl in Serengeti National Park.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Coturnicini
Genus: Pternistis
Wagler, 1832
Type species
Tetrao capensis[1] = Tetrao afer
Gmelin, 1788
Species

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Synonyms

Francolinus

Pternistis is a

birds of prey, as well as herons and marabou storks
.

Harsh, grating calls typical of Pternistis species:
P. adspersus

Taxonomy

The genus Pternistis was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832.[2] The name is from the Ancient Greek pternistēs meaning "one who strikes with the heel".[3] The type species was designated by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841 as the Cape spurfowl (Pternistis capensis).[4][5]

Most of the species within the genus formerly included "francolin" in their common name.

International Ornithological Committee (IOC).[6] The common name "spurfowl" is also used for the three Asian species that are placed in the genus Galloperdix.[6]

Species

Depiction of Scaly spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus).
Phylogenetic tree based on a study published in 2019.[8][6]

The genus contains 23 species:[6]

Notes

  1. black-fronted spurfowl (Pternistis atrifrons) but suggested the taxon should be considered as a subspecies of the chestnut-naped spurfowl (Pternistis castaneicollis).[8] In contrast, Töpfer et al (2015) sampled mitochondrial DNA from the black-fronted spurfowl and concluded the taxon should be treated as a distinct species.[10]
  2. ^ Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019) split the scaly spurfowl and elevate Schuett's spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus schuetti) to a full species.[8]
  3. ^ Mandiwana-Neudani et al. (2019) split the red-necked spurfowl and elevate Cranch’s spurfowl (Pternistis afer cranchii) to a full species.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Phasianidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 1832. cols 1218–1235 [1229].
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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  4. ^ Gray, George Robert (1841). A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 79.
  5. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 84.
  6. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  7. S2CID 83631933
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  8. ^
    S2CID 195417777
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  9. ^ "Galliformes". bird-phylogeny (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  10. S2CID 111377664
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