Francolinus

Francolinus is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini in the pheasant family.

Francolinus
Painted francolin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Gallini
Genus: Francolinus
Stephens, 1819
Type species
Francolinus vulgaris[1]
Species

See text

Species

Its three species range from western Asia and central Asia through to southern Asia and south-eastern Asia. The species are:[2]


Genus Francolinus – Stephens, 1819 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black francolin


Male

Female

 Francolinus francolinus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Six subspecies
  • F. f. francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • F. f. arabistanicus (Zarudny and Harms, 1913)
  • F. f. asiae (Bonaparte, 1856)
  • F. f. henrici (Bonaparte, 1856)
  • F. f. bogdanovi (Zarudny, 1906)
  • F. f. melanonotus (Hume, 1888)
south-eastern Turkey through Iran, Turkmenistan, northeast India, and Kazipara, Panchagarh of Bangladesh Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Painted francolin

Francolinus pictus
(Jardine & Selby, 1828)		 central and southern India and southeastern Sri Lanka
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Chinese francolin

Francolinus pintadeanus
(Scopoli, 1786)		 Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Introduced to Mauritius, the Philippines, Madagascar, United States, Chile and Argentina. Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 




References
  1. Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 68–84.
  2. Gill, F; D Donsker, eds. (2013). "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5)" (XLS). World Bird Names. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

Further reading
  • Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.; Little, R.M.; Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2019). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of 'true' francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp". Ostrich. 90 (3): 191–221. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954. S2CID 208597134.


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