Scleroptila

Scleroptila is a genus of birds in the francolin group of the tribe Gallini of the pheasant family. Its eight species range through Sub-Saharan Africa.

Scleroptila
Ring-necked francolin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Tribe:	Gallini
Genus:	Scleroptila Blyth, 1852
Type species
Perdix levaillantii[1] Valenciennes, 1825
Species
See text
Synonyms
Francolinus

Species

The species are:^[2]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Ring-necked francolin	Scleroptila streptophora	Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
	Red-winged francolin	Scleroptila levaillantii	Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
	Finsch's francolin	Scleroptila finschi	Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, parts of Cameroon, and Gabon.
	Moorland francolin	Scleroptila psilolaema	Ethiopia.
	Grey-winged francolin	Scleroptila afra	Lesotho and South Africa.
	Orange River francolin	Scleroptila gutturalis	Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya
	Shelley's francolin	Scleroptila shelleyi	Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
	Whyte's francolin	Scleroptila whytei	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia.
	Elgon francolin	Scleroptila elgonensis	Uganda (Mount Elgon) to central Kenya