Francolinus

Francolinus
Painted francolin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Gallini
Genus: Francolinus
Stephens, 1819
Type species
Francolinus vulgaris[1]
Species

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Francolinus is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini in the pheasant family.

Species

Its three species range from western Asia and central Asia through to southern Asia and south-eastern Asia. The species are:[2]


Genus Francolinus – Stephens, 1819 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black francolin


Male
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Female

Francolinus francolinus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Six subspecies
  • F. f. francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • F. f. arabistanicus (Zarudny and Harms, 1913)
  • F. f. asiae (Bonaparte, 1856)
  • F. f. henrici (Bonaparte, 1856)
  • F. f. bogdanovi (Zarudny, 1906)
  • F. f. melanonotus (Hume, 1888)
south-eastern Turkey through Iran, Turkmenistan, northeast India, and Kazipara, Panchagarh of Bangladesh Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Painted francolin

Francolinus pictus
(Jardine & Selby, 1828) 		central and southern India and southeastern Sri Lanka
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Chinese francolin

Francolinus pintadeanus
(Scopoli, 1786) 		Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Introduced to Mauritius, the Philippines, Madagascar, United States, Chile and Argentina. Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 




References

  1. ^ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 68–84.
  2. ^ Gill, F; D Donsker, eds. (2013). "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5)" (XLS). World Bird Names. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

Further reading

  • Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.; Little, R.M.; Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2019). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of 'true' francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp". Ostrich. 90 (3): 191–221. Bibcode:2019Ostri..90..191M. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954. S2CID 208597134.


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