Swainson's Francolin

Here the details of the Swainson's Francolin named bird below:

SCI Name:  Pternistis swainsonii
Protonym:  Perdix Swainsonii Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.54
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Phasianidae / Pternistis
Taxonomy Code:  swafra2
Type Locality:  Rivers south of Kurrichane = western Transvaal.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1836
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.

swainsoni / swainsonii
William Swainson (1789-1855) English naturalist, artist, collector (Buteo, syn. Campephaga flava, Catharus, Chlorostilbon, syn. Circus macrourus, syn. Coracina lineata, syn. Cossypha niveicapilla, syn. Criniger calurus verreauxi, syn. Doricha enicura, Gampsonyx, syn. Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris, syn. Iduna caligata, Limnothlypis, syn. Mackenziaena severa, syn. Momotus momota bahamensis, Myiarchus (ex “Suirirí pardo amarillo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 193), syn. Myrmeciza longipes (ex Myrmothera longipes Swainson, 1825), subsp. Notharchus macrorhynchos, Onychorhynchus, syn. Pachyramphus marginatus, Passer, syn. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, syn. Phigys solitarius, syn. Philohydor lictor, syn. Phylloscopus nitidus, Polytelis, Pternistis, syn. Ptilinopus regina, subsp. Ramphastos ambiguus, syn. Struthidea cinerea, syn. Tangara sayaca, syn. Thinocorus rumicivorus, syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus, syn. Turdoides jardineii, subsp. Vireo gilvus).

SUBSPECIES

Swainson's Francolin (swainsonii)
SCI Name: Pternistis swainsonii swainsonii
swainsoni / swainsonii
William Swainson (1789-1855) English naturalist, artist, collector (Buteo, syn. Campephaga flava, Catharus, Chlorostilbon, syn. Circus macrourus, syn. Coracina lineata, syn. Cossypha niveicapilla, syn. Criniger calurus verreauxi, syn. Doricha enicura, Gampsonyx, syn. Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris, syn. Iduna caligata, Limnothlypis, syn. Mackenziaena severa, syn. Momotus momota bahamensis, Myiarchus (ex “Suirirí pardo amarillo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 193), syn. Myrmeciza longipes (ex Myrmothera longipes Swainson, 1825), subsp. Notharchus macrorhynchos, Onychorhynchus, syn. Pachyramphus marginatus, Passer, syn. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, syn. Phigys solitarius, syn. Philohydor lictor, syn. Phylloscopus nitidus, Polytelis, Pternistis, syn. Ptilinopus regina, subsp. Ramphastos ambiguus, syn. Struthidea cinerea, syn. Tangara sayaca, syn. Thinocorus rumicivorus, syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus, syn. Turdoides jardineii, subsp. Vireo gilvus).

Swainson's Francolin (lundazi)
SCI Name: Pternistis swainsonii lundazi
lundazi
Lundazi District, Northern Rhodesia / Zambia.