Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bosveldfisant |
| Catalan | francolí de Swainson |
| Czech | frankolín žíhaný |
| Dutch | Swainsons Frankolijn |
| English | Swainson's Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Swainson's Spurfowl |
| French | Francolin de Swainson |
| French (France) | 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 |
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, 2023
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- swainsoni / swainsonii
The Key to Scientific Names
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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
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Swainson's Spurfowl (Pternistis swainsonii), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.swafra2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 27, 2015
- Swainson's Francolin Pternistis swainsonii
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Swainson's Francolin (Pternistis swainsonii). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
