Ortygornis sephaena

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Phasianidae
Genus: Ortygornis
Species: Ortygornis sephaena
Subspecies: O. s. grantii – O. s. rovuma – O. s. sephaena – O. s. spilogaster – O. s. zambesiae

Synonyms: O. s. zuluensis – included in nominal; O. s. schoanus – included in grantii; O. s. somaliensis – included in spilogaster; O. s. thompsoni – O. s. chobiensis – included in zambesiae; O. s. jubaensis – included in rovuma.

Name

Ortygornis sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Synonymy

Perdix sephaena (protonym)
Francolinus sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Peliperdix sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Dendroperdix sephaena (A. Smith, 1836)
Francolinus pileatus A. Smith, 1838

References
Primary references

Report of the expedition for exploring central Africa p. 55

Additional references

Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(3): 191–221. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954 ResearchGate Reference page.
Kimball, R.T., Hosner, P.A. & Braun, E.L. 2021. A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 158: 107091. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Bospatrys
català: Francolí crestat
Deutsch: Schopffrankolin
English: Crested Francolin
español: Francolín capirotado
فارسی: دراج کاکلی
français: Francolin huppé
Nederlands: Kuiffrankolijn
polski: Frankolin czubaty
پنجابی: تاجی چکور
português: Francolim-de-poupa
русский: Хохлатый турач
svenska: Tofsfrankolin

The crested francolin (Ortygornis sephaena) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in southern Africa. One of its subspecies, Ortygornis sephaena rovuma, is sometimes considered a separate species, Kirk's francolin.
Taxonomy

Formerly, the crested francolin was classified in its own genus Dendroperdix, but phylogenetic analysis indicates that it groups with the grey francolin (O. pondicerianus) and swamp francolin (O. gularis). As a result, all three species were reclassified into the genus Ortygornis.[2][3]
Subspecies

Subspecies include:[4]

O. s. grantii (Hartlaub, 1866)
O. s. rovuma (Gray, GR, 1867) - Kirk's francolin
O. s. spilogaster (Salvadori, 1888)
O. s. zambesiae (Mackworth-Praed, 1920)
O. s. sephaena (Smith, A, 1836)

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Dendroperdix sephaena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678752A92787092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678752A92787092.en.
Mandiwana-Neudani, Tshifhiwa G.; Little, Robin M.; Crowe, Timothy M.; Bowie, Rauri CK (2019-05-04). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp". Ostrich. 90 (2): 145–172. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1584925. ISSN 0030-6525.
"Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-07-14.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 24 November 2020.