| Scleroptila | |
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| Ring-necked francolin | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Francolinus | |
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.
- ^ "Phasianidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.