Mount Cameroon spurfowl
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| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Pternistis
| species = camerunensis
| authority = (Alexander, 1909)
| synonyms = Francolinus camerunensis
| range_map = Mount Cameroon spurfowl distribution map.svg
| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#00fe00| geographic distribution|outline=#d4d4d4}}
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The Mount Cameroon spurfowl (Pternistis camerunensis) is a bird species in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is found only in Cameroon.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
The Mount Cameroon spurfowl was described in 1909 by the British Army Officer Boyd Alexander from a specimen collected on Mount Cameroon. He coined the binomial name Francolinus camerunensis.{{ cite journal | last=Alexander | first=Boyd | author-link=Boyd Alexander | year=1909 | title=Francolinus camerunensis sp. n. | journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club | volume=25 | page=25 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916125 }} The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832.{{ cite journal | last=Wagler | first=Johann Georg | author-link=Johann Georg Wagler | year=1832 | title=Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel | journal=Isis von Oken | at=cols 1218–1235 [1229] | language=German, Latin | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455534 }}{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | year=2020 | title=Pheasants, partridges, francolins | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pheasants/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=11 February 2020 }} The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
References
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External links
- [http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mount-cameroon-francolin-pternistis-camerunensis BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
- [https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Pternistis-camerunensis Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the Mount Cameroon spurfowl]
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Category:Endemic birds of Cameroon
Category:Birds described in 1909
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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