Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema Scientific name definitions
- Names (15)
- Subspecies (2)
Guy M. Kirwan, Josep del Hoyo, Philip J. K. McGowan, David Christie, and Nigel Collar
Version: 2.0 — Published October 8, 2021
Revision Notes
Version: 2.0 — Published October 8, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Hooglandfrankolijn |
| English (Kenya) | Moorland Francolin |
| English (United States) | Moorland Francolin |
| French | Francolin montagnard |
| German | Hochlandfrankolin |
| Japanese | コウゲンシャコ |
| Norwegian | lyngfrankolin |
| Polish | frankolin górski |
| Russian | Горный франколин |
| Serbian | Vresov frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolín slatinový |
| Spanish | Francolín Etíope |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín etíope |
| Swedish | höglandsfrankolin |
| Turkish | Funda Turacı |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised and standardized the account's content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Scleroptila psilolaema (Gray, GR, 1867)
PROTONYM:
Francolinus psilolaemus
Gray, GR, 1867. ListBirdsBrit.Mus. pt5, p.50.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shoa.
Definitions
- SCLEROPTILA
- psilolaema / psilolaemus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
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