Francolinus Fischeri Reichenow, 1887: 51 .

Now: Pternistis hildebrandti hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878) . See Reichenow (1901: 478); but see also Peters (1934: 81); Crowe et al. (2019).

Holotype: ZMB 30915 [Fischer no. 56, see Reichenow (1887: 51)], skin, female, former mount, collected on the “Weg nach Ussure” (Wembere floodplains on the way to Ussure), 04.10.[1885].

Type locality: “ Weg nach Ussure” [ Wembere floodplains on the way to Ussure (near Salanda), Singida Region, Tanzania], from the original description as well as locality of the holotype .

Remarks: In the original description, no inventory number for the type specimen was given, but one specimen (no. 56) and the collecting data were mentioned. As only a female was described and the measurements for one individual were given, ZMB 30915 is regarded as the holotype.