The grey-striped spurfowl (Pternistis griseostriatus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Angola.
Grey-striped spurfowl | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Pternistis |
Species: | P. griseostriatus
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Binomial name | |
Pternistis griseostriatus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1890)
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geographic distribution
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Synonyms | |
Francolinus griseostriatus protonym |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The grey-striped spurfowl was described in 1890 by the Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant from a single specimen and given the binomial name Francolinus griseostriatus.[2] Although Ogilvie-Grant specified the habitat as the "Congo River", the type locality has been designated as the Cuanza River area of Angola.[3] The specific epithet griseostriatus combines the Medieval Latin griseus meaning "grey" with the Latin striatus meaning "striated".[4] The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832.[5][6] The grey-striped spurfowl is considered as monototypic: no subspecies are recognised.[6]