Scleroptila Afra Bird
qiazhan 
Scleroptila Afra Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: IndexOrn. 2 p.648
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Scleroptila
Taxonomy Code: gywfra1
Type Locality:
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SCLEROPTILA
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Red-winged Francolin S. levaillantii) Gr. σκληρος sklēros stiff; πτιλον ptilon feather; "Genus PTERNESTIS, Wagler. ... Subgenus SCLEROPTILA, Blyth. 1496. SCL. LEVAILLANTII (Pl. Col. 477; A. Smith, Zool. S. Africa, Aves, pl. 85). SYN. Perdix Levaillantii, Temminck. ... 1497. SCL. AFRA. SYN. Perdix afra, Latham" (Blyth 1849).
Var. Schloptera, Scleroptera.
afra
L. Afer, Afra African < Africa Africa, originally the territory of Carthage.
● "85. OTIS. ... afra. 4. O. nigra, dorso cinereo, auribus albis. Habitat in Æthiopia I. Burmannus. Maris Rostrum & Pedes flavi. Vertex cinereus. Alarum margo exterior album. Femina tota cinerea, exceptis femoribus abdomineque atris." (Linnaeus 1758) (Afrotis).
● Senegal; ex “African Roller” of Latham 1787 (syn. Eurystomus glaucurus).
● Angola; ex “Red-faced Finch” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (Pytilia).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
