Francolinus

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Francolinus
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Painted francolin
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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.

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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 nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Black francolin

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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 BangladeshSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
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Painted francolin

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

Habitat:

Diet:
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Chinese francolin

Francolinus pintadeanus phayrei imported from iNaturalist photo 107583030 on 5 March 2024.jpg

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:

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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.

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