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Francolinus sephaena  (A. Smith, 1836)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 175996

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Peliperdix sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
  
  Common Name(s): Crested Francolin [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGalliformes  – Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds, gallinacées, volaille  
                            FamilyPhasianidae  – Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, cailles, faisans  
                               SubfamilyPerdicinae  – Partridges, Francolins  
                                  GenusFrancolinus Stephens, 1819 – Francolins  
                                     SpeciesFrancolinus sephaena (A. Smith, 1836) – Crested Francolin  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesFrancolinus sephaena grantii Hartlaub, 1866  
                                        SubspeciesFrancolinus sephaena rovuma G. R. Gray, 1867  
                                        SubspeciesFrancolinus sephaena sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)  
                                        SubspeciesFrancolinus sephaena spilogaster Salvadori, 1888  
                                        SubspeciesFrancolinus sephaena zambesiae Mackworth-Praed, 1920  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Francolinus sephaena   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.05.23, website (version 23-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Francolinus sephaena   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
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  Reference for: Francolinus sephaena, Crested Francolin [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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