Grey-breasted spurfowl

Grey-breasted spurfowl
	Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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.^[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" and pictus meaning "painted".^[3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-breasted spurfowl is sister to the red-necked spurfowl.^[4] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[5]

References

^ 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.
^ 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 [52]. doi:10.1007/BF02006981. S2CID 38796032.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 343. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the grey-breasted spurfowl

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] 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 [52]. 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.

[mandiwana-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.

[ioc-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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