Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Subspecies (2)
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2015
Text last updated October 27, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bosveldfisant |
| Bulgarian | Червеноок франколин |
| Catalan | francolí de Swainson |
| Croatian | crvenolica jarebica |
| Czech | frankolín žíhaný |
| Dutch | Swainsonfrankolijn |
| English | Swainson's Spurfowl |
| English (AVI) | Swainson's Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Swainson's Spurfowl |
| Estonian | lammifrankoliin |
| Finnish | kosteikkofrankoliini |
| French | Francolin de Swainson |
| French (Canada) | Francolin de Swainson |
| German | Swainsonfrankolin |
| Japanese | クロアシアカノドシャコ |
| Norwegian | svartbeinfrankolin |
| Polish | szponiastonóg brunatny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Francolim de Swainson |
| Russian | Свенсонов франколин |
| Serbian | Smeđi crvenoliki frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolínec Swainsonov |
| Spanish | Francolín de Swainson |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín de Swainson |
| Swedish | swainsonfrankolin |
| Turkish | Dere Turacı |
| Ukrainian | Турач чорноногий |
| Zulu | inkwali |
Pternistis swainsonii (Smith, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Perdix Swainsonii
Smith, 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope (etc.), p.54.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rivers south of Kurrichane = western Transvaal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- swainsoni / swainsonii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Pternistis swainsonii swainsonii Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SE Angola (S Cuando Cubango), N Namibia and C Zambia S to NE South Africa (S to North West Province and N KwaZulu-Natal).
Pternistis swainsonii swainsonii (Smith, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Perdix Swainsonii
Smith, 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope (etc.), p.54.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Rivers south of Kurrichane = western Transvaal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- swainsoni / swainsonii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
SUBSPECIES
Pternistis swainsonii lundazi Scientific name definitions
Distribution
NE Zambia and NW Malawi S to N and W Zimbabwe and SW Mozambique.
Pternistis swainsonii lundazi White, 1947
PROTONYM:
Pternistis swainsoni lundazi
White, 1947. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 67, p.72 [72,73].
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- swainsoni / swainsonii
- lundazi
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Swainson's Francolin
