Red-winged Francolin / Scleroptila levaillantii
Red-winged Francolin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Perdix Levaillantii Dict.Sci.Nat. 38 p.441
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Scleroptila
Taxonomy Code: rewfra2
Type Locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Author: Valenciennes
Publish Year: 1825
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.
levaillanti / levaillantii
François Levaillant (1753-1824) French ornithologist, explorer, collector (syn. Amazona oratrix, syn. Anhinga rufa, syn. Anthoscopus minutus, syn. Baryphthengus ruficapillus, syn. Cisticola cantans, syn. Cisticola tinniens, syn. Circus ranivorus, Clamator (ex "Variété du Coucou Édolio" of Levaillant 1806, pl. 209), syn. Coracias naevius, syn. Coracina caesia (ex “Echenilleur Gris” of Levaillant 1805, pll. 162, 163), syn. Corvus capensis, subsp. Corvus macrorhynchos, syn. Crypsirina temia, syn. Cuculus clamosus, syn. Indicator indicator (ex “Grand Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241), syn. Myrmecocichla nigra (ex “Traquet Commandeur” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 189), syn. Pogonornis minor, syn. Poicephalus robustus (ex “Perroquet à Franges Souci” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 131), syn. Pycnonotus nigricans (ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317, and “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1), ?syn. Ramphastos tucanus (ex “Toucan à collier jaune” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 4), syn. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas, Scleroptila, syn. Streptopelia semitorquata) (see vaillanti).
SUBSPECIES
Red-winged Francolin (kikuyuensis)
SCI Name: Scleroptila levaillantii kikuyuensis
kikuyensis / kikuyuensis / kikuyuensisi
Kikuyuland, named after the Kikuyu or Agikuyu peoples, Kenya.
Red-winged Francolin (levaillantii)
SCI Name: Scleroptila levaillantii levaillantii
levaillanti / levaillantii
François Levaillant (1753-1824) French ornithologist, explorer, collector (syn. Amazona oratrix, syn. Anhinga rufa, syn. Anthoscopus minutus, syn. Baryphthengus ruficapillus, syn. Cisticola cantans, syn. Cisticola tinniens, syn. Circus ranivorus, Clamator (ex "Variété du Coucou Édolio" of Levaillant 1806, pl. 209), syn. Coracias naevius, syn. Coracina caesia (ex “Echenilleur Gris” of Levaillant 1805, pll. 162, 163), syn. Corvus capensis, subsp. Corvus macrorhynchos, syn. Crypsirina temia, syn. Cuculus clamosus, syn. Indicator indicator (ex “Grand Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241), syn. Myrmecocichla nigra (ex “Traquet Commandeur” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 189), syn. Pogonornis minor, syn. Poicephalus robustus (ex “Perroquet à Franges Souci” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 131), syn. Pycnonotus nigricans (ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317, and “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1), ?syn. Ramphastos tucanus (ex “Toucan à collier jaune” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 4), syn. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas, Scleroptila, syn. Streptopelia semitorquata) (see vaillanti).
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)