Painted Spurfowl
Galloperdix lunulata(Valenciennes, A, 1825)
English (US) Painted Spurfowl
The Painted Spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: semiarid steppes of peninsular IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Galloperdix lunulata
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Painted Spurfowl
- Described by
- (Valenciennes, A, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Perdix lunulata
- Described by
- (Valenciennes, A, 1825)
- Type locality
- Bengal.
- Original description
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 38 p.446
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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