Finsch’s Francolin / Scleroptila finschi
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Finsch's Francolin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Francolinus Finschi Orn.Angola pt2 p.406
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Scleroptila
Taxonomy Code: finfra2
Type Locality: Caconda, Benguella.
Author: Bocage
Publish Year: 1881
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SCLEROPTILA
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Red-winged Francolin S. levaillantii) Gr. σκληρος sklēros stiff; πτιλον ptilon feather; "Genus PTERNESTIS, Wagler. ... Subgenus SCLEROPTILA, Blyth. 1496. SCL. LEVAILLANTII (Pl. Col. 477; A. Smith, Zool. S. Africa, Aves, pl. 85). SYN. Perdix Levaillantii, Temminck. ... 1497. SCL. AFRA. SYN. Perdix afra, Latham" (Blyth 1849).
Var. Schloptera, Scleroptera.
finschi
Prof. Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) German diplomat, ornithologist, collector (Amazona, syn. Apus horus, ‡Chenonetta, syn. Coereba bartholemica, subsp. Dicaeum agile, Euphonia, syn. Gallirallus australis, subsp. Haematopus ostralegus, syn. Laniarius aethiopicus major, syn. Malacocincla abbotti concreta, syn. Muscicapa striata, Oriolus, subsp. Paradisaea minor, syn. Ploceus velatus, Psittacara, subsp. Ptilinopus iozonus, subsp. Pycnopygius ixoides, Scleroptila, syn. Scotornis climacurus nigricans, Stizorhina, syn. Tauraco schuettii, subsp. Trichastoma celebense, syn. Tropicranus albocristatus) (see finschii).
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)
