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Mount Cameroon Spurfowl
Pternistis camerunensis (Alexander, 1909)
Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
Mount Cameroon Spurfowl, Pternistis camerunensis, is a pheasant relative found in southern Cameroon. It is confined to Mount Cameroon and the surrounding area, where it lives in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. First described in 1909 by Alexander, it is treated as a single form with no recognised subspecies. Its placement is in the genus Pternistis within the family Phasianidae. The species is restricted to this part of Africa and is associated with habitat loss.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae — Pheasants & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Cameroon
