genus
Pternistis
Pternistis is a genus in the family Phasianidae. This database currently files 24 species under it, 4 of them threatened.
- Species filed
- 24
- Threatened
- 4
- Countries recorded
- 0
- With a free photo
- 88%
- Weight range
- 241.4 g – 1.2 kg
Best-known members of Pternistis
Ranked by popularity score.
Red-necked spurfowl
Pternistis afer
Double-spurred spurfowl
Pternistis bicalcaratus
Cape spurfowl
Pternistis capensis
Grey-striped spurfowl
Pternistis griseostriatus
Yellow-necked spurfowl
Pternistis leucoscepus
Natal spurfowl
Pternistis natalensis
Red-billed spurfowl
Pternistis adspersus
Erckel's spurfowl
Pternistis erckelii
How threatened is Pternistis?
24 of 24 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.
| IUCN category | Species | Share of assessed |
|---|---|---|
| CRCritically Endangered | 1 | 4% |
| ENEndangered | 2 | 8% |
| VUVulnerable | 1 | 4% |
| NTNear Threatened | 1 | 4% |
| LCLeast Concern | 19 | 79% |
All species in Pternistis
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-necked spurfowl | Pternistis afer | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 454.8 g | Not recorded |
| Double-spurred spurfowl | Pternistis bicalcaratus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 439.5 g | Not recorded |
| Cape spurfowl | Pternistis capensis | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 629.8 g | Not recorded |
| Grey-striped spurfowl | Pternistis griseostriatus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 288.5 g | Not recorded |
| Yellow-necked spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 640.6 g | Not recorded |
| Natal spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 508.1 g | Not recorded |
| Red-billed spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 428 g | Not recorded |
| Erckel's spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 1.2 kg | Not recorded |
| Harwood's spurfowl | Pternistis harwoodi | Phasianidae | Near Threatened | 493 g | Not recorded |
| Hildebrandt's spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 532 g | Not recorded |
| Jackson's spurfowl | Pternistis jacksoni | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 1.1 kg | Not recorded |
| Djibouti spurfowl | Pternistis ochropectus | Phasianidae | Critically Endangered | 699.6 g | Not recorded |
| Scaly spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 449.4 g | Not recorded |
| Ahanta spurfowl | Pternistis ahantensis | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 544.1 g | Not recorded |
| Grey-breasted spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 706.1 g | Not recorded |
| Mount Cameroon spurfowl | Pternistis camerunensis | Phasianidae | Endangered | 549.4 g | Not recorded |
| Chestnut-naped spurfowl | Pternistis castaneicollis | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 791.5 g | Not recorded |
| Heuglin's spurfowl | Pternistis icterorhynchus | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 571 g | Not recorded |
| Handsome spurfowl | Pternistis nobilis | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 878 g | Not recorded |
| Clapperton's spurfowl | Pternistis clappertoni | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 469.6 g | Not recorded |
| Swierstra's spurfowl | Pternistis swierstrai | Phasianidae | Vulnerable | 460.3 g | Not recorded |
| Black-fronted spurfowl | Pternistis atrifrons | Phasianidae | Endangered | 791.5 g | Not recorded |
| Hartlaub's spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 241.4 g | Not recorded |
| Swainson's spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | Phasianidae | Least Concern | 597.1 g | Not recorded |