Schlegel's francolin (''Campocolinus schlegelii'') is a species of
bird
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in the family
Phasianidae
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. It is found in
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
, the
Central African Republic
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,
Chad
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, and
South Sudan
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. According to the IUCN Red List, in which the species is rated as "least concern", the global population is unknown, but there have been no fluctuations in population.
[
Formerly classified in the genus '']Peliperdix
Latham's francolin (''Peliperdix lathami'') or the forest francolin, is a species of bird in the francolin group of the family Phasianidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Peliperdix''. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central Afr ...
'', a 2020 study found it, the white-throated francolin (''C. albogularis''), and the coqui francolin (''C. coqui'') to together comprise a new genus ''Campocolinus
''Campocolinus'' is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the family Phasianidae. They are found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Species
It contains three species, all of which were formerly classified in ''Peliperdix
Latham's francolin (''Pelip ...
''. The International Ornithological Congress
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has accepted these findings.
References
Campocolinus
Birds of Central Africa
Birds described in 1863
Taxa named by Theodor von Heuglin
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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