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Galliformes / Phasianidae / Pternistis

Scaly Spurfowl

Pternistis squamatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scafra2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Pternistis

Subspecies (3)

Pternistis squamatus maranensis

southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania
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
Pternistis squamatus squamatus

central and southeastern Nigeria eastward to southwestern and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scafra2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.