Red-winged francolin
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Scleroptila |
| Species: | S. levaillantii
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| Binomial name | |
| Scleroptila levaillantii (Valenciennes, 1825)
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Francolinus levaillantii | |
The red-winged francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Elgon francolin (Francolinus elgonensis) may be a hybrid between the red-winged francolin and the moorland francolin.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-19-518323-8.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scleroptila levaillantii.
- Red-winged Francolin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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