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- Pternistis squamatus
Alternative name: Scaly Spurfowl
Identification
Distribution
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Francolinus.
Subspecies
Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:
- P. s. squamatus: central and southeastern Nigeria east to southwestern and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- P. s. schuetti: southern South Sudan and western Ethiopia south to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western and central Kenya and Tanzania, and central Malawi
- P. s. maranensis: southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania
In addition, reference [3] recognises the following:
- P. s. usambarae
- P. s. uzungwensis
- P. s. doni
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Scaly Francolin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scaly_Francolin
