Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 26, 2015
Text last updated October 26, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooibekfisant |
| Catalan | francolí bec-roig |
| Czech | frankolín červenozobý |
| Dutch | Roodsnavelfrankolijn |
| English | Red-billed Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Red-billed Spurfowl |
| French | Francolin à bec rouge |
| French (France) | Francolin à bec rouge |
| German | Rotschnabelfrankolin |
| Japanese | サザナミシャコ |
| Norwegian | brillefrankolin |
| Polish | szponiastonóg krasnodzioby |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Francolim-de-bico-vermelho |
| Russian | Красноклювый франколин |
| Serbian | Crvenokljuni frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolínec červenozobý |
| Spanish | Francolín Piquirrojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín piquirrojo |
| Swedish | rödnäbbad frankolin |
| Turkish | Al Gagalı Turaç |
| Ukrainian | Турач червонодзьобий |
| Zulu | isikhwehlesimlomobomvu |
Pternistis adspersus (Waterhouse, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Francolinus adspersus
Waterhouse, 1838. An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa, through the hitherto undescribed countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras 2 App., p.267.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Great Fish River, Great Namaqualand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- adspersa / adspersus
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 Red-billed Francolin
