Mount Cameroon spurfowl
| Mount Cameroon spurfowl | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Pternistis |
| Species: | P. camerunensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pternistis camerunensis (Alexander, 1909)
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geographic distribution
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| Synonyms | |
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Francolinus camerunensis | |
The Mount Cameroon spurfowl (Pternistis camerunensis) is a bird species in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is found only in Cameroon.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Mount Cameroon spurfowl was described in 1909 by the British Army Officer Boyd Alexander from a specimen collected on Mount Cameroon. He coined the binomial name Francolinus camerunensis.[2] The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832.[3][4] The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pternistis camerunensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678891A92793461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678891A92793461.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Alexander, Boyd (1909). "'Francolinus camerunensis sp. n." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 25: 25.
- ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1832). "Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). cols 1218–1235 [1229].
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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