Table 1 List of museum downy chick skins and photographs within Phasianidae evaluated to study the phylogenetic relationships of spurfowls and francolins
Common name | Scientific name | No. of specimens | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Maleo | Macrocephalon maleo | 1 | Internet1 |
Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | 2 | AMNH |
Black Guineafowl | Agelastes meleagrides | 1 | AMNH |
Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | 1 | Internet2 |
Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | 6 | Author and NHM at Tring |
Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | 2 | AMNH |
Blue Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus pallides | 9 | AMNH |
Willow Grouse | Lagopus lagopus | 9 | AMNH |
Greater Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | 2 | AMNH |
Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 4 | AMNH |
Red Jungle Fowl | Gallus gallus | 6 | NHM at Tring, AMNH |
Latham’s Francolin | Peliperdix lathami | 1 | NHM at Tring FWNB 1548 |
Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | 8 | NHM at Tring, AMNH, author 416173/5, 261918, 416174 |
White-throated Francolin | Peliperdix albogularis | 1 | Little (2016) |
Crested Francolin | Dendroperdix sephaena | 5 | Internet and authors |
Swamp Francolin | Francolinus gularis | 1 | Internet3 |
Grey Francolin | Francolinus pondicerianus | 7 | NHM at Tring, Bishop Museum, and AMNH 454656/7/8, 63492, 63484 |
Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | 3 | Internet4 |
Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | 3 | Authors |
Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila lavaillantii | 1 | NHM at Tring |
Grey-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | 2 | Little (2016) |
Shelley’s Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | 1 | NHM at Tring |
Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | 1 | NHM at Tring |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | 1 | Internet5 |
Hartlaub’s Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | 2 | Joris Komen |
Handsome Spurfowl | Pternistis nobilis | 1 | AMNH 763926 |
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl | Pternistis castaneicollis | 1 | AMNH 541450 |
Erckel’s Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | 4 | NHM at Tring, AMNH 541460/1/2 |
Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | 5 | NHM at Tring, AMNH 156952, 541381 |
Ahanta Spurfowl | Pternistis ahantensis | 1 | Crowe et al. (1986) |
Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | 1 | NHM at Tring |
Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis | 10 | Author and NHM at Tring |
Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis | 2 | NHM at Tring, AMNH |
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | 2 | NHM at Tring, AMNH 541354 |
Heuglin’s Spurfowl | Pternistis icterorhynchus | 6 | NHM at Tring, AMNH 156931/2/3, 156935, 156930 |
Swainson’s Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | 5 | Berruti (2011), authors |
Grey-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | 2 | NHM at Tring, internet6 |
Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | 5 | NHM at Tring |
Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | 6 | NHM at Tring, AMNH 763932, 763934, 428598, 763936, 541486 |