Biology:Ahanta francolin
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Short description: Species of bird
| Ahanta francolin | |
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| File:Francolinus ashantensis - 1848- - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17100045.tif | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Pternistis |
| Species: | P. ahantensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pternistis ahantensis Temminck, 1851
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| Synonyms | |
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Francolinus ahantensis | |
The Ahanta francolin (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is native to western Africa, where it occurs in Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Pternistis ahantensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016: e.T22678835A92790866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678835A92790866.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22678835/0. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q1268200 entry
