Ortygornis sephaena

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: Ortygornis
Species: Ortygornis sephaena
Subspecies: O. s. grantii – O. s. rovuma – O. s. sephaena – O. s. spilogaster – O. s. zambesiae

Synonyms: O. s. zuluensis – included in nominal; O. s. schoanus – included in grantii; O. s. somaliensis – included in spilogaster; O. s. thompsoni – O. s. chobiensis – included in zambesiae; O. s. jubaensis – included in rovuma.

Name

Ortygornis sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)

Synonymy

Perdix sephaena (protonym)
Francolinus sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Peliperdix sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Dendroperdix sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Francolinus pileatus A. Smith, 1838

References

Primary references

Report of the expedition for exploring central Africa p. 55

Additional references

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

Afrikaans: Bospatrys
català: Francolí crestat
Deutsch: Schopffrankolin
English: Crested Francolin
español: Francolín capirotado
فارسی: دراج کاکلی
français: Francolin huppé
Nederlands: Kuiffrankolijn
polski: Frankolin czubaty
پنجابی: تاجی چکور
português: Francolim-de-poupa
русский: Хохлатый турач
svenska: Tofsfrankolin