Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2015
Text last updated October 27, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | francolí gorjagroc |
| Czech | frankolín žlutohrdlý |
| Dutch | Geelkeelfrankolijn |
| English | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| English (United States) | Yellow-necked Spurfowl |
| French | Francolin à cou jaune |
| French (France) | Francolin à cou jaune |
| German | Gelbkehlfrankolin |
| Icelandic | Gullhæna |
| Japanese | ハゲノドシャコ |
| Norwegian | gulstrupefrankolin |
| Polish | szponiastonóg żółtogardły |
| Russian | Желтогорлый франколин |
| Serbian | Žutovrati frankolin |
| Slovak | frankolínec žltohrdlý |
| Spanish | Francolín Gorjiamarillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Francolín gorjiamarillo |
| Swedish | gulstrupig frankolin |
| Turkish | Sarı Boğazlı Turaç |
| Ukrainian | Турач жовтогорлий |
Pternistis leucoscepus (Gray, 1867)
PROTONYM:
Francolinus leucoscepus
Gray, 1867. List of the specimens of birds in the collection of the British Museum pt5, p.48.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ethiopia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTERNISTIS
- leucoscepus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
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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 Yellow-necked Francolin
