Biology:Mount Cameroon spurfowl
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Short description: Species of bird
Mount Cameroon spurfowl | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Pternistis |
Species: | P. camerunensis
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Binomial name | |
Pternistis camerunensis (Alexander, 1909)
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geographic distribution
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Synonyms | |
Francolinus camerunensis |
The Mount Cameroon spurfowl (Pternistis camerunensis) is a bird species in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is found only in Cameroon.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
The Mount Cameroon spurfowl was described in 1909 by the British Army Officer Boyd Alexander from a specimen collected on Mount Cameroon. He coined the binomial name Francolinus camerunensis.[2] The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832.[3][4] The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Pternistis camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22678891A92793461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678891A92793461.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22678891/92793461. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Alexander, Boyd (1909). "'Francolinus camerunensis sp. n.". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 25: 25. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916125.
- ↑ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel" (in German, Latin). Isis von Oken: cols 1218–1235 [1229]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455534.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pheasants/. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q27074573 entry
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