Scaly spurfowl
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Pternistis |
| Species: | P. squamatus
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| Pternistis squamatus (Cassin, 1857)
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geographic distribution
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Francolinus squamatus | |
The scaly spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Taxonomy
The scaly spurfowl was
sister species to the Ahanta spurfowl.[6]
Three subspecies are now recognised:[5]
- P. s. squamatus (Cassin, 1857) — southeast Nigeria to north and east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Gabon and the Republic of the Congo (R Congo)
- P. s. schuetti (Vipya Plateau)[a]
- P. s. maranensis (Mearns, 1910) — southeast Kenya, northeast Tanzania
Notes
References
- . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Cassin, John (1856). "Catalogue of Birds collected at Cape Lopez, Western Africa, by Mr. P.B. DuChaillu, in 1856, with notes and descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8: 316–322 [321]. Although the title page gives the year as 1856, the volume was not published until 1857.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). cols 1218–1235 [1229].
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ S2CID 195417777.
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