| 词条 | Pternistis |
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| name = Pternistis | image = FrancolinusTetraoninusKeulemans.jpg | image_caption = Scaly francolin (Pternistis squamatus) | taxon = Pternistis | authority = Wagler, 1832 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = Francolinus }} Pternistis is a genus of galliform birds formerly classified in the francolin group of the partridge subfamily of the pheasant family. They are described as "partridge-francolins" in literature establishing their phylogenetic placement outside the monophyletic assemblage of true francolins. Its 23 species range through sub-Saharan Africa. They are commonly known as francolins or spurfowl, but are closely related to jungle bush quail, Alectoris rock partridges, and Coturnix quail. The species are strictly monogamous, remaining mated indefinitely. They procure most of their food by digging. Partridge-francolins subsist almost entirely on roots, beans of leguminous shrubs and trees, tubers, and seeds, and feasting opportunistically on termites, ants, locusts, flowers, and fruit. Important predators are jackals, caracals, servals, and birds of prey, as well as herons and marabou storks. SpeciesThe species are:[1]
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ |title= IOC World Bird List (v 3.5). |accessdate= 2013-12-29|authors= Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). |first= |last= |publisher=International Ornithologists’ Union |year= 2013|doi= 10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q844415}}{{Galliformes-stub}} 2 : Pternistis|Bird genera |
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