Ring-necked francolin

Ring-necked francolin
Illustration by Keulemans, 1893
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Genus: Scleroptila
Species: S. streptophorus
Binomial name
Scleroptila streptophorus
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Francolinus streptophorus
  • Scleroptila streptophora

The ring-necked francolin (Scleroptila streptophorus) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Rarer than previously believed, it is uplisted from a species of Least Concern to Near Threatened status in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[1]

Footnotes

  1. See BirdLife International (2007a. b).

References

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