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The Painted spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata) belongs to the family Phasianidae under the order Galliformes.
Painted spurfowl taxonomy
The Phasianidae is a family of ground-living birds like partridges, tragopans, peafowls and chickens.The family Phasianidae was first introduced by Thomas Horsfield M.D. (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859), an American physician and naturalist, in the year 1821.
The family Phasianidae is tentatively divided into four subfamilies, viz., Perdicinae, Meleagridinae, Phasianinae and Tetraoninae. The subfamily Perdicinae was described by Thomas Horsfield in 1821.
The subfamily Perdicinae comprises twenty-five genera, including genus Galloperdix. This genus was introduced by Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873), an English zoologist, in the year 1845.
The genus Galloperdix is polytypic and comprises three species, viz., Galloperdix spadicea, Galloperdix lunulata and Galloperdix bicalcarata.
The species Galloperdix lunulata was introduced by Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865), a French zoologist, in the year 1825.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Galloperdix lunulata |
| Species: | G. lunulata |
| Genus: | Galloperdix |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by Koshy Koshy |
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| 2.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by Sumeet Moghe |
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| 3.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by Wouter van der Ham |
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| 4.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by L. Shyamal |
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| 5.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by L. Shyamal |
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| 6.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by Nagesh.kamath |
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| 7.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by L. Shyamal |
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| 8.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by Subramanya C K |
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| 9.Painted spurfowl - Galloperdix lunulata Image by Allan Hopkins |
1.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/41530789954/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/8/18
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Spurfowl.jpg (cropped)
Author: Sumeet Moghe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/8/18
3.Image source: https://observation.org/foto/view/12812771 (cropped)
Author: Wouter van der Ham | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 6/8/18
4.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PaintedSpurfowlMF2crop.jpg (cropped)
Author: L. Shyamal | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/8/18
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PaintedSpurfowlM.jpg (cropped)
Author: L. Shyamal | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/8/18
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Nagesh.kamath | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 6/8/18
7.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PaintedSpurfowlMF1.JPG (cropped)
Author: L. Shyamal | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/8/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Subramanya C K | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/8/18
9.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoppy1951/7455126460/in/photostream/
Author: Allan Hopkins | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 as on 6/8/18
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