Peliperdix Schlegelii Bird

Schlegel\'s Francolin / Peliperdix schlegelii

Peliperdix Schlegelii Bird

English Name:  Schlegel's Francolin
Latin Name:  Peliperdix schlegelii
Protonym:  Francolinus Schlegelii J.Orn. 11 p.275
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Phasianidae / Peliperdix
Taxonomy Code:  schfra2
Type Locality:  Bongo River, Bahr el Ghazal.
Author:  von Heuglin
Publish Year:  1863
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PELIPERDIX
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Forest Francolin P. lathami) Hendrick Severinus Pel (1818-1876) Gov. of Dutch Gold Coast 1840-1850, naturalist, taxidermist; Gr. περδιξ perdix, περδικος perdikos  partridge; "67. Peliperdix. Bp.  186. lathami, Hartl. (peli, Temm.)" (Bonaparte 1856).
Synon. Afrocolinus, Perdicideus.

schlegelii
Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) German ornithologist (syn. Antigone canadensis, syn. Caprimulgus macrurus, Emarginata, syn. Eos rubra, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, syn. Halcyon coromanda, Pachycephala, Peliperdix, syn. Tanysiptera galatea riedelii, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus) (see schlegeli).