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Pternistis swainsonii
Pternistis swainsonii · Family Phasianidae
Family Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 171,945
- Countries and territories with records
- 14
About this species
This species has 171,945 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (86.7%), Zimbabwe (4.7%), Botswana (3.7%), Zambia (2.6%) and Namibia (1.8%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.37% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pternistis swainsonii combines the genus name Pternistis with the species epithet swainsonii. The Warbla app catalog lists 23 species of the genus Pternistis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pternistis natalensis, Pternistis capensis and Pternistis afer.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 164 species of the family Phasianidae. This species ranks 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Phasianus colchicus. Its record count is 2 times the family average (83,905). The family Phasianidae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.