Scleroptila gutturalis

Scleroptila gutturalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Pangalloanserae Cladus: Galloanseres Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Phasianidae
Genus: Scleroptila
Species: Scleroptila gutturalis
Subspecies: S. g. archeri – S. g. gutturalis – S. g. jugularis – S. g. levalliantoides  – S. g. lorti – S. g. pallidior

Synonyms: S. g. eritreae – included in nominal; S. g. ludwigi – S. g. kalaharica – included in levalliantoides; S. g. wattii – included in pallidior; S. g. langi – S. g. stresemanni – included in jugularis; S. g. friedmanni – S. g. stantoni – included in archeri.

Name

Scleroptila gutturalis (Rüppell, 1835)

Synonymy

• Perdix gutturalis (protonym)
• Francolinus levalliantoides gutturalis (Rüppell, 1835)
• Francolinus gutturalis (Rüppell, 1835)

References

Primary references

• Rüppell, E. 1835–1838. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. In: Fische des Rothen Meeres. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main. i–ii + 1–148, Pls. 1–33. [1835: 1–28, Pls. 1–7; 1836: 29–52, Pls. 8–14; 1837: 53–80, Pls. 15–21; 1838 :81–148, Pls. 22–33.] BHL Reference page.  p. 13

Additional references

• Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(3): 191–221. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kalaharipatrys
Deutsch: Rebhuhnfrankolin
English: Orange River Francolin

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