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Mount Cameroon Spurfowl Pternistis camerunensis Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan, Eduardo de Juana, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 28, 2015
Text last updated October 28, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | francolí del mont Camerun |
| Czech | frankolín kamerunský |
| Dutch | Kameroense Frankolijn |
| English | Mount Cameroon Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Mount Cameroon Spurfowl |
| French | Francolin du Cameroun |
| French (France) | Francolin du Cameroun |
| German | Kamerunfrankolin |
| Greek | Φραγκολίνος του Καμερούν |
| Japanese | カメルーンヤマシャコ |
| Norwegian | kamerunfrankolin |
| Polish | szponiastonóg kameruński |
| Russian | Камерунский франколин |
| Serbian | Kamerunski frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolínec kamerunský |
| Spanish | Francolín de Camerún |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín de Camerún |
| Swedish | kamerunfrankolin |
| Turkish | Kamerun Dağı Turacı |
| Ukrainian | Турач камерунський |
Pternistis camerunensis (Alexander, 1909)
PROTONYM:
Francolinus camerunensis
Alexander, 1909. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 25, p.12.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cameroon Mountain, at 7000 feet.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- cameroonensis / camerunense / camerunensis / camerunensus
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Cameroon Francolin
