Schlegel’s Francolin
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Schlegel's Francolin
Here the details of the Schlegel's Francolin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Francolinus Schlegelii J.Orn. 11 p.275
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Peliperdix
Taxonomy Code: schfra2
Type Locality: Bongo River, Bahr el Ghazal.
Author: von Heuglin
Publish Year: 1863
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PELIPERDIX
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Forest Francolin P. lathami) Hendrick Severinus Pel (1818-1876) Gov. of Dutch Gold Coast 1840-1850, naturalist, taxidermist; Gr. περδιξ perdix, περδικος perdikos partridge; "67. Peliperdix. Bp. 186. lathami, Hartl. (peli, Temm.)" (Bonaparte 1856).
Synon. Afrocolinus, Perdicideus.
schlegelii
Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) German ornithologist (syn. Antigone canadensis, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus, Emarginata, syn. Eos rubra, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, syn. Halcyon coromanda, Pachycephala, Peliperdix, syn. Tanysiptera galatea riedelii, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus) (see schlegeli).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
