Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
Order Galliformes Temminck, 1820 - fowl
Family Phasianidae Vigors, 1825 - turkeys, grouse, pheasants, partridges
Subfamily Phasianinae Vigors, 1825 - pheasants and partridges
Genus Francolinus Stephens, 1819
01 Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) - black francolin
02 Francolinus pictus (Jardine & Selby, 1828) - painted francolin
03 Francolinus pintadeanus (Scopoli, 1786) - Chinese francolin
04 Francolinus afer (Statius Müller, 1776) - red-necked francolin
05 Francolinus swainsonii (Smith, 1836) - Swainson's francolin
06 Francolinus rufopictus (Reichenow, 1887) - grey-breasted francolin
07 Francolinus leucoscepus Gray, 1867 - yellow-necked francolin
08 Francolinus erckelii (Rüppell, 1835) - Erckel's francolin
09 Francolinus ochropectus Dorst & Jouanin, 1952 - Djibouti francolin
10 Francolinus castaneicollis Salvadori, 1888 - chestnut-naped francolin
11 Francolinus jacksoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1891 - Jackson's francolin
12 Francolinus nobilis Reichenow, 1908 - handsome francolin
13 Francolinus camerunensis Alexander, 1909 - Mount Cameroon francolin
14 Francolinus swierstrai (Roberts, 1929) - Swierstra's francolin
15 Francolinus ahantensis Temminck, 1851 - Ahanta francolin
16 Francolinus squamatus Cassin, 1857 - scaly francolin
17 Francolinus griseostriatus Ogilvie-Grant, 1890 - grey-striped francolin
18 Francolinus bicalcaratus (Linnaeus, 1766) - double-spurred francolin
19 Francolinus icterorhynchus Heuglin, 1863 - Heuglin's francolin
20 Francolinus clappertoni Children & Vigors, 1826 - Clapperton's francolin
21 Francolinus harwoodi Blundell & Lovat, 1899 - Harwood's francolin
22 Francolinus hildebrandti Cabanis, 1878 - Hildebrandt's francolin
23 Francolinus natalensis Smith, 1833 - Natal francolin
24 Francolinus hartlaubi Bocage, 1869 - Hartlaub's francolin
25 Francolinus adspersus Waterhouse, 1838 - red-billed francolin
26 Francolinus capensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Cape francolin
27 Francolinus sephaena Smith, 1836 - crested francolin
28 Francolinus streptophorus Ogilvie-Grant, 1891 - ring-necked francolin
29 Francolinus psilolaemus Gray, 1867 - moorland francolin
30 Francolinus shelleyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1890 - Shelley's francolin
31 Francolinus africanus Stephens, 1819 - grey-wing francolin
32 Francolinus levaillantoides (Smith, 1836) - Orange River francolin
33 Francolinus levaillantii (Valenciennes, 1825) - red-wing francolin
34 Francolinus finschi Bocage, 1881 - Finsch's francolin
35 Francolinus coqui (Smith, 1836) - Coqui francolin
36 Francolinus albogularis Hartlaub, 1854 - white-throated francolin
37 Francolinus schlegelii Heuglin, 1863 - Schlegel's francolin
38 Francolinus lathami Hartlaub, 1854 - Latham's forest francolin
39 Francolinus nahani Dubois, 1905 - Nahan's francolin
40 Francolinus pondicerianus (Gmelin, 1789) - grey francolin
41 Francolinus gularis (Temminck, 1815) - swamp francolin