Pternistis afer

species of bird
(Redirected from Francolinus afer)
IOC Classification: DomainEukaryota • RegnumAnimalia • PhylumChordata • SubphylumVertebrata • InfraphylumGnathostomata • SuperclassisTetrapoda • CladusAmniota • CladusReptilia • CladusArchosauria • ClassisAves • SuperordoNeognathae • OrdoGalliformes • FamiliaPhasianidae • GenusPternistis • Species: Pternistis afer (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

IUCN: Pternistis afer (Müller, 1776) (old web site) (Least Concern)

Wikispecies has an entry on:
Francolinus afer

Range edit

P. a. cranchii (Leach, 1818) edit

Range: north Gabon and south Congo Republic though south, east Democratic Republic of the Congo to central Angola and west Zambia to central Tanzania, west Kenya and Uganda

P. a. afer (Müller, PLS, 1776) edit

Range: west Angola, northwest Namibia

P. a. castaneiventer Gunning & Roberts, 1911 edit

Range: south and east South Africa

P. a. humboldtii (Peters, W, 1854) edit

Range: southeast Kenya and north and east Tanzania to Mozambique, northeast Zambia and east Zimbabwe

Hens and chicks edit