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Scleroptila
Sign in to saveScleroptila is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini of the pheasant family. Its nine species range through Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
Gray-winged Francolin
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
Observations498
Observations recorded57,129
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- YPM, TM
- Recorded in
- Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
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- Phasianidae
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- Grey-winged Francolin (Francolinus africanus).jpg
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Scleroptila is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini of the pheasant family. Its nine species range through Sub-Saharan Africa.
==Taxonomy==
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