Scleroptila is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini of the pheasant family. Its eight species range through Sub-Saharan Africa.
| Scleroptila | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ring-necked francolin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Gallini |
| Genus: | Scleroptila Blyth, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Perdix levaillantii[1] Valenciennes, 1825 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
| Synonyms | |
Francolinus | |
Species
The species are:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring-necked francolin | Scleroptila streptophora | Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. | |
_from_side,_b.jpg) | Red-winged francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. |
| Finsch's francolin | Scleroptila finschi | Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, parts of Cameroon, and Gabon. | |
| Moorland francolin | Scleroptila psilolaema | Ethiopia. | |
_in_KwaZulu-Natal,_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg) | Grey-winged francolin | Scleroptila afra | Lesotho and South Africa. |
.jpg) | Orange River francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya |
 | Shelley's francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. |
| Whyte's francolin | Scleroptila whytei | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia. | |
| Elgon francolin | Scleroptila elgonensis | Uganda (Mount Elgon) to central Kenya |
References
Further reading
- Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G.; Little, R.M.; Crowe, T.M.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2019). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of 'true' francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp". Ostrich. 90 (3): 191–221. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954. S2CID 208597134.