francolin
Francolinus latin

But this particular francolin lost out and looks very much dead as he hangs by the neck on the left of the picture.

The pair befriended the human Francolin upon arrival on earth.

This large dark francolin is unlikely to be confused with any other species in its range.

Like a fowl, thought the boy, as he watched the francolin running towards the clearing.

The old woman was as quick and agile as a little brown francolin.

That evening we had a delicious dinner of francolin partridges.

Double-spurred Francolin takes a wide variety of plant and insect food.

It is more arboreal in its habits than the Black Francolin.

Then from the hilltop a wild francolin called.

Cold francolin, and of course the first bottle of Tuskers with that.

Every now and then a francolin makes a sudden alarm call, signalling a predator.

It is a generally dark francolin, brown above and black-streaked grey or white underparts.

Afraid to startle the francolin by moving his head, he followed it with his eyes only.

The seeds are a relished food of guineafowl and francolin.

It is believed to be the most widespread francolin in Africa but is mostly resident throughout its range.

The black francolin only flies when disturbed.

A francolin called in the gloom.

The Cape Francolin is a bird of scrubby open areas, preferably close to running water.

Most recent authorities treat it as a subspecies of the Moorland Francolin.

This francolin is endemic to the southwestern Cape of South Africa.

The subspecies in the last two countries is sometimes known as the Elgon Francolin.

The only similar species is the Painted Francolin, which has a rufous vent.

The distribution of this species is to the south of the range of the Black Francolin.

Already the clucking francolin were scratching in the steaming mounds for undigested nuts and seeds.

"There's a cardoon, on the right, and a francolin on the left.

Though some still maintain all these in Francolinus, the split into multiple genera is becoming more widespread.

It is a very diverse genus, having the second most members within the Galliformes after Francolinus.

Until the early 1990s, major authorities placed all francolins in the genus Francolinus.

The forms of Francolinus pondicerianus.

Francolinus Griseostratius classification.

The francolin is defined as "any one of the numerous African or Asian partridges belonging to the genus Francolinus."

Francolinus (sensu stricto):

Grey Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)

The Chinese Francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Swainson's francolin (Francolinus swainsonii)

Ahanta francolin (Francolinus ahantensis)

The only endemic species found is the Djibouti Francolin (Francolinus ochropectus) which is critically endangered.

Sharma,IK (1983) The Grey Partridge (Francolinus pondicerianus) in the Rajasthan desert.

Hosts of this species include domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and Swainson's Francolin (Francolinus swainsoni).

Nassa francolinus (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Nassa francolina (Bruguière, 1789)

The Cape Francolin Francolinus capensis, endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa occurs marginally in southern Namibia.

Purwar, RS (1975) Anatomical, neurohistological and histochemical observations on the tongue of Francolinus pondicerianus (grey partridge or safed teeter).

Purwar, RS (1976) Neuro-histochemical observations on the pancreas of Francolinus pondicerianus (grey partridge or safed teeter) as revealed by the cholinesterase technique.

Elgon Francolin (Francolinus elgonensis) may be a hybrid between the Red-winged Francolin and the Moorland Francolin.

Blot, J (1985) Contribution to our knowledge of the biology and ecology of the pale-bellied Francolin Francolinus ochropectus Dorst and Jouanin.

DOUBLE-SPURRED FRANCOLIN Francolinus bicalcaratus.

It was described by Ogilvie-Grant in 1891 as Francolinus elgonensis, and some authorities still use the genus Francolinus for all members otherwise placed in Scleroptila.

The Black Francolin, Francolinus francolinus, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

Francolins are birds that traditionally have been placed in the genus Francolinus, but now commonly are divided into multiple genera (see Taxonomy), although some of the major taxonomic listing sources have yet to divide them.

It was then described by French ornithologists Jean Dorst and Christian Jouanin later that year as Francolinus ochropectus in L'Oiseau et la Revue française d'Ornithologie.