Mount Cameroon Spurfowl
Pternistis camerunensis(Alexander, B, 1909)
English (US) Mount Cameroon Spurfowl
The Mount Cameroon Spurfowl (Pternistis camerunensis) 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: western Cameroon (southeastern and northeastern slopes of Mount Cameroon)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pternistis camerunensis
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Mount Cameroon Spurfowl
- Described by
- (Alexander, B, 1909)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Francolinus camerunensis
- Described by
- (Alexander, B, 1909)
- Type locality
- Cameroon Mountain, at 7000 feet.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 25 p.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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