Campocolinus

Campocolinus
C. coqui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Tribe:	Gallini
Genus:	Campocolinus Crowe et al, 2020
Type species
Campocolinus coqui
Species
Campocolinus coqui Campocolinus albogularis Campocolinus schlegelii

Campocolinus is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the family Phasianidae. They are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

It contains three species, all of which were formerly classified in Peliperdix . The species are: ^{[1] [2]}

Genus Campocolinus – Crowe et al, 2020 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Coqui francolin	Campocolinus coqui (Smith, 1836)	Sahel and Ethiopia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-throated francolin	Campocolinus albogularis (Hartlaub, 1854)	Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Zambia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Schlegel's francolin	Campocolinus schlegelii (Heuglin, 1863)	Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, and South Sudan	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Crowe, Timothy M.; Mandiwana-Neudani, Tshifhiwa G.; Donsker, David B.; Bowie, Rauri CK; Little, Robin M. (2020-04-02). "Resolving nomenclatural 'confusion' vis-à-vis Latham's Francolin (Francolinus/Peliperdix/Afrocolinus lathami) and the 'Red-tailed' francolins (Francolinus/Ortygornis/Peliperdix spp.)" . Ostrich. 91 (2): 134–136. Bibcode:2020Ostri..91..134C. doi:10.2989/00306525.2020.1723140. ISSN   0030-6525. S2CID   219442370.
2. "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-07-14.