The crested francolin (Ortygornis sephaena) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.
It is found in southern Africa. One of its subspecies, Ortygornis sephaena rovuma, is sometimes considered a separate species, Kirk's francolin.
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The crestedfrancolin (Ortygornis sephaena) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in southern Africa. One of its subspecies, Ortygornis...
Shelley's francolin, or even a hybrid between the moorland and red-winged francolins. Peliperdix: Latham's francolin, Peliperdix lathami Ortygornis: Crested francolin...
francolin was formerly placed in the genus Francolinus. Based on a phylogenetic study published in 2019 the grey francolin, together with the crested...
Crested arguses are large and spectacular peafowl-like birds in the genus Rheinardia of the pheasant family. Although traditionally treated as a single...
being found in Iran). The species are: Of the three species, the crestedfrancolin was formerly placed in its own monotypic genus, Dendroperdix, while...
pheasant are, in taxonomic order: L. l. hamiltoni J.E. Gray, 1829) – white-crested kalij pheasant – western Himalayas L. l. leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) –...
2021. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Pheasants, partridges & francolins". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved...
assigned to the Indian peafowl the technical name of Pavo cristatus (means "crested peafowl" in classical Latin). The earliest usage of the word in written...
phylogenetic analyses indicates that it groups with the crestedfrancolin (O. sephaena) and grey francolin (O. pondicerianus). All three species were reclassified...
The Vietnamese crested argus (Rheinardia ocellata) is a large and spectacular peafowl-like species of bird in the pheasant family with dark-brown-spotted...
behavior. It is not to be confused with the two species of closely related crested argus, genus Rheinardia. Carl Linnaeus gave the great argus its specific...
The Malayan crested argus (Rheinardia nigrescens) is a large and spectacular peafowl-like species of bird in the pheasant family with dark-brown-spotted...
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