Ring-necked francolin

Species of bird

Ring-necked francolin
Illustration by Keulemans, 1893
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Scleroptila
Species:
S. streptophora
Binomial name
Scleroptila streptophora
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Francolinus streptophorus
  • Scleroptila streptophorus

The ring-necked francolin (Scleroptila streptophora) is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Rarer than previously believed, it was uplisted from a species of Least Concern to Near Threatened status in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francolinus streptophorus.
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Scleroptila streptophora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678756A92787372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678756A92787372.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ See BirdLife International (2007a. b).
  • BirdLife International (2007): Ring-necked Francolin - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
Taxon identifiers
Scleroptila streptophora
  • Wikidata: Q959798
  • Wikispecies: Scleroptila streptophora
  • ADW: Francolinus_streptophorus
  • Avibase: 5B115F6CE2E6426E
  • BirdLife: 22678756
  • BOW: rinfra2
  • eBird: rinfra2
  • GBIF: 6101189
  • ITIS: 553837
  • IUCN: 22678756
  • NCBI: 388994
  • Xeno-canto: Scleroptila-streptophora
Francolinus streptophorus


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