Pternistis leucoscepus

Francolinus leucoscepus

Pternistis leucoscepus — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phasianoidea

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Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Phasianinae
Genus: Pternistis
Species: Pternistis leucoscepus
Subspecies: P. l. infuscatus – P. l. leucoscepus

Synonyms: P. l. holtemulleri – P. l. keniensis – P. l. kilimensis – P. l. muhamedbenabdullah – P. l. oldowai – P. l. tokora – included in infuscatus.

Name

Pternistis leucoscepus (G.R. Gray, 1867)

Synonymy

• Francolinus leucoscepus (protonym)

References

Primary references

• List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum Pt.5 p. 48

Additional references

• Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(2): 145–172. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1584925 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Yellow-necked Spurfowl
• español: Francolín gorgiamarillo
• 日本語: ハゲノドシャコ

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