Francolinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phasianoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Pangalloanserae Cladus: Galloanseres Ordo: Galliformes Subordo: Phasiani Superfamilia: Phasianoidea

Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Perdicinae
Genus: Francolinus
Species: F. francolinus – F. pictus – F. pintadeanus

Species transferred to other genera:

Scleroptila: F. africanus – F. finschi – F. levaillantii – F. psilolaemus – F. shelleyi – F. streptophorus
Peliperdix: F. albogularis – F. coqui – F. lathami – F. schlegelii
Ortygornis: F. gularis – F. pondicerianus – F. sephaena
Pternistis: F. adspersus – F. afer – F. ahantensis – F. bicalcaratus – F. camerunensis – F. capensis – F. castaneicollis – F. clappertoni – F. erckelii – F. hartlaubi – F. griseostriatus – F. harwoodi – F. hildebrandti – F. icterorhynchus – F. jacksoni – F. leucoscepus –F. natalensis – F. nobilis – F. ochropectus – F. rufopictus – F. squamatus – F. swainsonii – F. swierstrai
Ptilopachus: F. nahani

Name

Francolinus Stephens, 1819

Typus: Francolinus vulgaris Stephens, 1819 syn. Tetrao francolinus Linnaeus, 1766 = Francolinus francolinus

References

Primary references

General Zoology, or Systematic natural history 11 pt2 p. 316

Additional references

Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(2): 145–172. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1584925 ResearchGate Reference page.
Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(3): 191–221. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954 ResearchGate Reference page.
Kimball, R.T., Hosner, P.A. & Braun, E.L. 2021. A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 158: 107091. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091 Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: دراج (طائر)
brezhoneg: Frankolin
Deutsch: Frankoline
English: Francolin
Esperanto: Frankolino
suomi: Frankoliinit
עברית: פרנקולין
Bahasa Indonesia: Burung Francolin
Ido: Frankolino
日本語: シャコ属
lietuvių: Frankolinai
Nederlands: Frankolijnen
norsk nynorsk: Frankolinar
Diné bizaad: Tééh naaʼahóóhaitʼą́ʼí
پښتو: چنجری
português: Francolim
русский: Турачи
svenska: Frankoliner
Kiswahili: Kereng'ende (ndege)
chiTumbuka: Nkhwali