Grey-breasted spurfowl

Grey-breasted spurfowl
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Genus: Pternistis
Species: P. rufopictus
Binomial name
Pternistis rufopictus
Reichenow, 1867
Synonyms

Francolinus rufopictus

The grey-breasted spurfowl or grey-breasted francolin (Pternistis rufopictus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found only in Tanzania.

References

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  1. BirdLife International 2009. Francolinus rufopictus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 February 2012.


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