Biology:Crested francolin
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Perdicinae |
| Genus: | Dendroperdix Roberts, 1922 |
| Species: | D. sephaena
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendroperdix sephaena (Smith, 1836)
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| Synonyms | |
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Francolinus sephaena | |
The crested francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa , South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. One of its subspecies, Dendroperdix sephaena rovuma, is sometimes considered a separate species, Kirk's francolin.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:[2]
- D. s. grantii (Hartlaub, 1866)
- D. s. rovuma (Gray, GR, 1867) - Kirk's francolin
- D. s. spilogaster (Salvadori, 1888)
- D. s. zambesiae (Mackworth-Praed, 1920)
- D. s. sephaena (Smith, A, 1836)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Dendroperdix sephaena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22678752A92787092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678752A92787092.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22678752/92787092.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/pheasants/. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
External links
- Crested Francolin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Wikidata ☰ Q27074564 entry
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