Francolinus

Francolinus is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini in the pheasant family.

Francolinus
Painted francolin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Tribe:	Gallini
Genus:	Francolinus Stephens, 1819
Type species
Francolinus vulgaris[1] Stephens, 1819 = Tetrao francolinus Linnaeus, 1766
Species
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Species

Its three species range from western Asia and central Asia through to southern Asia and south-eastern Asia. The species are:^[2]

Genus Francolinus – Stephens, 1819 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Black francolin Male Female	Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Six subspecies F. f. francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) F. f. arabistanicus (Zarudny and Harms, 1913) F. f. asiae (Bonaparte, 1856) F. f. henrici (Bonaparte, 1856) F. f. bogdanovi (Zarudny, 1906) F. f. melanonotus (Hume, 1888)	south-eastern Turkey through Iran, Turkmenistan, northeast India, and Kazipara, Panchagarh of Bangladesh	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Painted francolin	Francolinus pictus (Jardine & Selby, 1828)	central and southern India and southeastern Sri Lanka	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Chinese francolin	Francolinus pintadeanus (Scopoli, 1786)	Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Introduced to Mauritius, the Philippines, Madagascar, United States, Chile and Argentina.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC