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Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer (Müller, PLS 1776)

The red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae that is a resident species in southern Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Pternistis
Scientific:
  Pternistis afer


Original description

Citation:
  (Müller, PLS 1776)

Reference:
   Linné vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. Reg. Bd.

Protonym:
  Tetrao afer

Type locality:
  Africa, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., pi. 180. BengueUa, suggested as type locality by Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 41, 1920, p. 133.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52710063#page/149/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5FA94F6614A812A6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5FA94F66

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5FA94F66


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175962

Geographic range:

  • Pternistis afer: varied brushy habitats from lowlands to mountains, from southern Gabon in the west southward to northern Namibia, eastward to northern Uganda and south-coastal Kenya, and southward through Zimbabwe, thence from southern Zambia through eastern South Africa to the Cape
  • Pternistis afer afer: western Angola and far northwestern Namibia
  • Pternistis afer harterti: north shore of Lake Tanganyika (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and northwestern Tanzania)
  • Pternistis afer [melanogaster or loangwae]: Mozambique north of Zambezi River to eastern Tanzania and eastern Zambia
  • Pternistis afer swynnertoni: interior Mozambique south of Zambezi River to southeastern Zimbabwe
  • Pternistis afer castaneiventer: South Africa (southern and eastern Cape Province)
  • Pternistis afer leucoparaeus: coastal Kenya (Tana River to Tanzania border)
  • Pternistis afer cranchii: western Congo to eastern Uganda and western Kenya, southward to northeastern Zambia
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English:
Red-necked Spurfowl
Catalan:
Francolí gola-roig
Czech:
frankolín rudohrdlý
Danish:
Rødhalset Sporehøne
German:
Rotkehlfrankolin
Spanish:
Francolín gorjirrojo
Spanish (Spain):
Francolín Gorjirrojo
Finnish:
punakurkkufrankoliini
French:
Francolin à gorge rouge
Croatian:
crvenogrla jarebica
Hungarian:
vörösnyakú frankolin
Italian:
Francolino collorosso
Japanese (romaji):
akanodoshako
Japanese:
アカノドシャコ
Lithuanian:
Raudongurklis frankolinas
Dutch:
Roodkeelfrankolijn
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudstrupefrankolin
Norwegian:
Rødstrupefrankolin
Polish:
szponiastonóg czerwonogardły
Portuguese:
Francolim-de-gola-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
francolim-de-pescoço-vermelho
Russian:
Красногорлый франколин
Slovak:
frankolínec červenohrdlý
Serbian:
Crvenovrati frankolin
Swedish:
rödstrupig frankolin
Ukrainian:
Турач рудогорлий
Chinese:
裸喉鹧鸪
Chinese (Traditional):
紅喉鷓鴣


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Francolin à gorge rouge ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Francolin à gorge rouge ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
eBird version 2024:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Red-necked Francolin ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Red-necked Francolin ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 2]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pternistis afer [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pternistis afer [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pternistis afer [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Francolinus afer) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pternistis afer [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pternistis afer [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Rooikeelfisant
Catalan: Francolí gola-roig
Czech: Frankolín rudohrdlý
Danish: Rødhalset Sporehøne
German: Nacktkehlfrankolin, Rotkehlfrankolin
English: Bare-throated Francolin, Bare-throated Spurfowl, Cranch's Francolin, Red necked Spurfowl, Rednecked Francolin, Red-necked Francolin, Red-necked Spurfowl, Spurfowl
English, HBW: Red-necked Francolin
English (IOC): Red-necked Spurfowl
English (Kenya): Red-necked Spurfowl
English (United States): Red-necked Francolin
English (South Africa): Red-necked Spurfowl
Esperanto: Ruĝkola frankolino
Spanish: Francolín de Garganta Roja, Francolín Gorgirrojo, Francolín gorjirrojo
Spanish (Spain): Francolín Gorjirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Red-necked Francolin
Estonian: punakurk-frankoliin, punakurk-frankoliin (punakurk-frankoliinkana), punakurk-frankoliinkana
Finnish: Punakurkkufrankoliini
French: Francolin à cou nu, Francolin à cou roux, Francolin à gorge rouge, Pterniste à gorge rouge
Croatian: crvenogrla jarebica
Hungarian: vörösnyakú frankolin
Italian: Francolino collorosso
Japanese (romaji): akanodoshako
Japanese: アカノドシャコ
Kwangali: Sigwali
Scientific: Francolinus afer, Francolinus afer afer, Francolinus midcollis, Pternistes afer, Pternistis afer, Pternistis afer afer, Tetrao afer, Tetrao capensis
Lithuanian: Raudongurklis frankolinas
Dutch: Roodkeelfrankolijn
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudstrupefrankolin
Norwegian: Rødstrupefrankolin
Polish: frankolin czerwonogardly, frankolin czerwonogardły, Frankolin krasnogardły, Frankolin rudopióry, szponiastonóg czerwonogardły
Portuguese: Francolim-de-gola-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): francolim-de-pescoço-vermelho
Russian: Гологорлый франколин, Красногорлый Турач, Красногорлый франколин
Slovak: frankolínec červenohrdlý
Shona: Gorwe
Serbian: Crvenovrati frankolin
Swedish: rödstrupig frankolin, Vitfläckig frankolin
Swahili: Kereng'ende Shingo-nyekundu
Turkish: Al boğazlı turaç
Tsonga: Makokwe
Ukrainian: Турач рудогорлий
Xhosa: Inkwali
Chinese: 红喉鹧鸪, 裸喉鹧鸪
Chinese (Traditional): 紅喉鷓鴣
Zulu: iNkwali

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