Grey-breasted Spurfowl
Pternistis rufopictusReichenow, A, 1887
English (US) Gray-breasted Spurfowl
UK name: Grey-breasted Spurfowl
The Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus) 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: northwestern Tanzania (Lake Victoria to Serengeti and southward to Wembere)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pternistis rufopictus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-breasted Spurfowl
- English (UK)
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1887
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pternistes rufopictus
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1887
- Type locality
- Wembere Steppes, Tanganyika Territory.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 35, no.177 p.52
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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