Scaly Spurfowl
Pternistis squamatus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Pternistis
- eBird Code
- scafra2
Subspecies (3)
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Pternistis squamatus maranensis
southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania
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Pternistis squamatus schuetti
southern South Sudan and western Ethiopia southward to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western and central Kenya, Tanzania, and central Malawi
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Pternistis squamatus squamatus
central and southeastern Nigeria eastward to southwestern and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.