Hartlaub's Spurfowl
Pternistis hartlaubi(Bocage, JVB, 1869)
English (US) Hartlaub's Spurfowl
The Hartlaub's Spurfowl (Pternistis hartlaubi) 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: rocky hill country of southwestern Angola to central NamibiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pternistis hartlaubi
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hartlaub's Spurfowl
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Francolinus Hartlaubi
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1869)
- Type locality
- HuiUa, Angola.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 2 p.350
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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