Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (18)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Josep del Hoyo, Philip J. K. McGowan, David Christie, and Nigel Collar
Version: 2.1 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | francolí muntanyenc |
| Czech | frankolín vřesovištní |
| Dutch | Hooglandfrankolijn |
| English | Moorland Francolin |
| English (United States) | Moorland Francolin |
| French | Francolin montagnard |
| French (France) | Francolin montagnard |
| German | Hochlandfrankolin |
| Norwegian | lyngfrankolin |
| Polish | frankolin górski |
| Russian | Горный франколин |
| Serbian | Etiopski vresov frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolín slatinový |
| Spanish | Francolín Etíope |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín etíope |
| Swedish | höglandsfrankolin |
| Turkish | Funda Turacı |
| Ukrainian | Турач гірський |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised the account and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Leo Gilman copy edited the account.
Scleroptila psilolaema (Gray, 1867)
PROTONYM:
Francolinus psilolaemus
Gray, 1867. List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum pt5, p.50.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shoa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SCLEROPTILA
- psilolaema / psilolaemus
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 Moorland Francolin
