Red-billed Spurfowl
Pternistis adspersus(Waterhouse, GR, 1838)
English (US) Red-billed Spurfowl
The Red-billed Spurfowl (Pternistis adspersus) 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: southern Angola to Namibia, Botswana, southwestern Zambia, and western ZimbabweRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pternistis adspersus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Spurfowl
- Described by
- (Waterhouse, GR, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Francolinus adspersus
- Described by
- (Waterhouse, GR, 1838)
- Type locality
- Great Fish River, Great Namaqualand.
- Original description
- 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
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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