francolin
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yellow-necked francolin
See also: francolín
English
Etymology
From French francolin, from Italian francolino, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹæŋkəlɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
francolin (plural francolins)
- Any of various terrestrial partridges of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.
Usage notes
- Francolins in genus Pternistis are more commonly called spurfowl.
Derived terms
- black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
- Burmese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)
- Cameroon francolin (Pternistis camerunensis)
- Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus)
- Clapperton's francolin (Pternistis clappertoni)
- Coqui francolin (Campocolinus coqui)
- crested francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
- Djibouti francolin (Pternistis ochropectus)
- Erckel's francolin (Pternistis erckelii)
- Finsch's francolin (Scleroptila finschi)
- forest francolin (Peliperdix lathami)
- gray francolin, grey francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)
- grey-winged francolin (Scleroptila afra)
- handsome francolin (Pternistis nobilis)
- Heuglin's francolin (Pternistis icterorhynchus)
- Hildebrandt's francolin (Pternistis hildebrandti)
- Jackson's francolin (Francolinus jacksoni, syn. Pternistis jacksoni)
- Latham's francolin (Peliperdix lathami)
- moorland francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema)
- Mount Cameroon francolin (Pternistis camerunensis)
- Nahan's francolin (Ptilopachus nahani)
- Natal francolin (Pternistis natalensis)
- ochre-breasted francolin (Pternistis ochropectus)
- Orange River francolin (Scleroptila gutturalis)
- painted francolin (Francolinus pictus)
- pale-bellied francolin (Pternistis ochropectus)
- red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer)
- red-winged francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii)
- ring-necked francolin (Scleroptila streptophora)
- scaly francolin (Pternistis squamatus)
- Shelley's francolin (Scleroptila shelleyi)
- swamp francolin (Ortygornis gularis)
- white-throated francolin (Campocolinus albogularis)
- yellow-necked francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus)
Translations
partridge
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References
French
Pronunciation
Noun
francolin m (plural francolins)
Descendants
- → Dutch: frankolijn
- → English: francolin
Further reading
- “francolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
francolin on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr