Heuglin's Spurfowl
Pternistis icterorhynchus(Heuglin, MT, 1863)
English (US) Heuglin's Spurfowl
The Heuglin's Spurfowl (Pternistis icterorhynchus) 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: Central African Republic to southern Sudan, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Heuglin's Spurfowl
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Francolinus icterorhynchus
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1863)
- Type locality
- Bongo River, Bahr el Ghazal.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 11, no.64 p.275
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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