Yellow-necked Spur Fowl (Pternistis leucoscepus) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Yellow-necked Spur Fowl (Pternistis leucoscepus) / wallygrom
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Salt Lick Lodge, Taita Hills, Tsavo West, Kenya.The yellow-necked spurfowl or yellow-necked francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. This species is named for the yellow patch found on its neck. Males of this species have been noted to have spurs on the back of their legs.The yellow-necked spurfowl was described in 1867 by the English ornithologist George Robert Gray and given the binomial name Francolinus leucoscepus. The type locality is Ethiopia. The species is now placed in the genus Pternistis that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832. |
| 撮影日 | 2005-02-12 00:00:05 |
| 撮影者 | wallygrom |
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| 撮影地 | Coast, Kenya 地図 |