Grey-breasted spurfowl
Species of bird
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The grey-breasted spurfowl or grey-breasted francolin (Pternistis rufopictus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Tanzania.
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| Grey-breasted spurfowl | |
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| Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Pternistis |
| Species: | P. rufopictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pternistis rufopictus Reichenow, 1887 | |
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geographic distribution | |
| Synonyms | |
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Francolinus rufopictus | |
The grey-breasted spurfowl was described by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1887 and given its current binomial name Pternistis rufopictus.[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" and pictus meaning "painted".[3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-breasted spurfowl is sister to the red-necked spurfowl.[4] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
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