Pternistis hildebrandti

Pternistis hildebrandti

Pternistis hildebrandti — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: 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 Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Pangalloanserae Cladus: Galloanseres Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Phasianidae
Genus: Pternistis
Species: Pternistis hildebrandti
Subspecies: P. h. hildebrandti – P. h. johnstoni

Synonyms: P. h. altumi – P. h. fischeri – P. h. helleri – included in nominal; P. h. grotei – included in johnstoni.

Name

Pternistis hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878)

Synonymy

• Francolinus (Scleroptila) hildebrandti (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Cabanis, J. 1878. Allgemaine deutsche ornith. Gesellschaft zu Berlin: Bericht über die (XXI.) März-Sitzung. Ueber 14 neue ostafrikanische Vogelarten. Journal für Ornithologie 26 no.142: 204–207 BHL DOI: 10.1007/bf02004189 Reference page.  p. 206; 243 pl. 4 fig. 2

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. 

Vernacular names

English: Hildebrandt's Francolin

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