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(Redirected from Pternistis rufopictus) Species of bird

Grey-breasted spurfowl
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Pternistis
Species: P. rufopictus
Binomial name
Pternistis rufopictus
Reichenow, 1887
   geographic distribution
Synonyms

Francolinus rufopictus

The grey-breasted spurfowl or grey-breasted francolin (Pternistis rufopictus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Tanzania.

The grey-breasted spurfowl was described by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1887 and given its current binomial name Pternistis rufopictus. The specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" and pictus meaning "painted". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-breasted spurfowl is sister to the red-necked spurfowl. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pternistis rufopictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678851A92791903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678851A92791903.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Reichenow, Anton (1887). "Dr. Fischer's Ornithologische Sammlungen während der letzten Reise zum Victoria Njansa. Mit Benutzung der Tagebücher des Reisenden bearbeitet". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 35: 38–78 . doi:10.1007/BF02006981. S2CID 38796032.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 343. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.; Little, R.M.; Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2019). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp". Ostrich. 90 (2): 145–172. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1584925. S2CID 195417777.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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Taxon identifiers
Pternistis rufopictus


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