Double-spurred Francolin / Pternistis bicalcaratus
Double-spurred Francolin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tetrao bicalcaratus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.277
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Pternistis
Taxonomy Code: dosfra2
Type Locality: Senegal.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTERNISTIS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Bare-throated Spurfowl P. afer) Gr. πτερνιστης pternistēs one who strikes with the heel < πτερνη pternē heel; "Genus. Pternistis Wagl. Stachelhuhn. Species: 1. Pt. capensis (Perd. cap., rubricol., nudicol. Auctor.) — 2. Pt. Cranchii (Perd. Cranchii Tuck. Expedit.to the riv. Zaire p. 408.) — 3. Pt. rubricollis Rüpp. Zool. Atl. t. 30. Allgemeiner Character der der Frankoline, aber die Kehle nacht wie bey den Penelopen. Der Schnabel gestreckt, gerade; der Oberkiefer gegen die Spitze allmählich abwärts geneigt. Die Flügel und der Schwanz etwas lang; erstere wenig concav. Beim Weibchen die Kehle befiedert, die Fußwurzel ohne Sporen. Am Skelete sind einige besondere Merkmale der Sippe vorhanden. — Leben in kleinen Gesellschaften in Wäldern, unter Gebüsch, bäumen auf, schreien gesellschaftlich bey Auf- und Untergang der Sonne usw." (Wagler 1832); "Pternistis Wagler, Isis von Oken, 1832, col. 1229. Type, by subsequent designation, Tetrao capensis Gmelin = Tetrao afer P. L. S. Müller. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds. ed. 2, 1841, p. 79.)" (Peters 1934, II, 84).
Var. Pternistes, Pternestes.
Synon. Chaetopus, Chapinortyx, Clamator, Didymacis, Notocolinus, Oreocolinus, Squamatocolinus.
bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
Mod. L. bicalcaratus furnished with two spurs, double-spurred < L. bi- two- < bis twice; calcaratus spurred < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel.
● "87. PAVO. ... bicalcaratus. 2. P. capite lævi, calcaribus duobus. Phasianus pavonicus chinensis. Edw. av. 67. t. 67. & t. 69. f. 1. Habitat in China. Pennæ verticis revolutæ. Pennæ posterioris dorsi longæ ocellis pavoninis indicans hoc genus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Polyplectron).
SUBSPECIES
Double-spurred Francolin (ayesha)
SCI Name: Pternistis bicalcaratus ayesha
ayesha
Ayesha or Aisha bint Abu Bakr (d. 678) wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and daughter of the first Caliph Abu Bakr (subsp. Pternistis bicalcaratus).
Double-spurred Francolin (bicalcaratus)
SCI Name: Pternistis bicalcaratus bicalcaratus
bicalcarata / bicalcaratum / bicalcaratus
Mod. L. bicalcaratus furnished with two spurs, double-spurred < L. bi- two- < bis twice; calcaratus spurred < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel.
● "87. PAVO. ... bicalcaratus. 2. P. capite lævi, calcaribus duobus. Phasianus pavonicus chinensis. Edw. av. 67. t. 67. & t. 69. f. 1. Habitat in China. Pennæ verticis revolutæ. Pennæ posterioris dorsi longæ ocellis pavoninis indicans hoc genus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Polyplectron).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)