Scaly Francolin
Scaly Francolin
Here the details of the Scaly Francolin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Francolinus squamatus Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 8(1856) p.321
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Pternistis
Taxonomy Code: scafra2
Type Locality: Cape Lopez, French Congo.
Author: Cassin
Publish Year: 1857
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTERNISTIS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Bare-throated Spurfowl P. afer) Gr. πτερνιστης pternistēs one who strikes with the heel < πτερνη pternē heel; "Genus. Pternistis Wagl. Stachelhuhn. Species: 1. Pt. capensis (Perd. cap., rubricol., nudicol. Auctor.) — 2. Pt. Cranchii (Perd. Cranchii Tuck. Expedit.to the riv. Zaire p. 408.) — 3. Pt. rubricollis Rüpp. Zool. Atl. t. 30. Allgemeiner Character der der Frankoline, aber die Kehle nacht wie bey den Penelopen. Der Schnabel gestreckt, gerade; der Oberkiefer gegen die Spitze allmählich abwärts geneigt. Die Flügel und der Schwanz etwas lang; erstere wenig concav. Beim Weibchen die Kehle befiedert, die Fußwurzel ohne Sporen. Am Skelete sind einige besondere Merkmale der Sippe vorhanden. — Leben in kleinen Gesellschaften in Wäldern, unter Gebüsch, bäumen auf, schreien gesellschaftlich bey Auf- und Untergang der Sonne usw." (Wagler 1832); "Pternistis Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 1229. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao capensis Gmelin = Tetrao afer P. L. S. Müller. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds. ed. 2, 1841, p. 79.)" (Peters 1934, II, 84).
Var. Pternistes, Pternestes.
Synon. Chaetopus, Chapinortyx, Clamator, Didymacis, Notocolinus, Oreocolinus, Squamatocolinus.
squamatum / squamatus
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
SUBSPECIES
Scaly Francolin (maranensis)
SCI Name: Pternistis squamatus maranensis
maranensis / marangu
Maranu or Marangu, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika / Tanzania.
Scaly Francolin (schuetti)
SCI Name: Pternistis squamatus schuetti
schuetti / schuettii
Otto Heinrich Schütt (1843-1888) German railway engineer in Angola 1877-1879 (subsp. Pternistis squamatus, Tauraco, syn. Turdus libonyanus verreauxi).
Scaly Francolin (squamatus)
SCI Name: Pternistis squamatus squamatus
squamatum / squamatus
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
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)