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Phasianidae (Pheasants, Fowl & Allies)

Synonyms: Alectoris pliocaena; Meleagrididae; Tetraonidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, groundliving birds which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae. Sometimes, additional families and birds are treated as part of this family. For example, the American Ornithologists' Union includes Tetraonidae (grouse), Numididae (guineafowl), and Meleagrididae (turkeys) as subfamilies in Phasianidae.
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Genus

Afropavo (Congo peafowl) (1)
Alectoris (Asian partridges and chukars) (12)   (1)
Ammoperdix (sand partridge and see-see partridge) (2)
Anurophasis (Snow Mountains quail) (1)
Arborophila (partridges) (21)   (1)
Archaeophasianus (2)
Argusianus (great argus) (1)
Bambusicola (bamboo-partridges) (3)
Bonasa (grouses) (1)
Caloperdix (ferruginous partridge) (1)
Catreus (cheer pheasant) (1)
Centrocercus (2)   (1)
Chrysolophus (2)
Coturnipes (1)
Coturnix (Asian quails) (15)
Crossoptilon (eared-pheasants) (4)
Dendragapus (grouses) (5)
Diangallus (1)
Falcipennis (Siberian grouse) (2)
Francolinus (francolins) (42)   (3)
Galloperdix (spurfowl) (3)
Gallus (9)   (2)
Haematortyx (crimson-headed partridge) (1)
Ithaginis (blood pheasant) (1)
Lagopus (ptarmigans) (6)
Lerwa (snow partridge) (1)
Litoripes (1)
Lophophorus (monals) (4)
Lophura (Kalij pheasants) (13)   (3)
Lyrurus (Eurasian black grouse) (3)
Margaroperdix (Madagascar partridge) (1)
Melanoperdix (black partridge) (1)
Meleagris (turkeys) (12)
Miophasianus (2)
Miortyx (2)
Ophrysia (Himalayan quail) (1)   (1)
Palaeocryptonyx (2)
Parapavo (1)
Pavo (peafowl) (5)   (1)
Perdicula (bush-quail) (4)   (1)
Perdix (gray partridges) (6)
Phasianus (pheasants) (13)
Pliogallus (3)
Plioperdix (1)
Polyplectron (peacock-pheasants) (9)   (3)
Ptilopachus (stone partridge) (1)
Pucrasia (Koklass pheasant) (1)
Rhegminornis (1)
Rheinardia (crested argus) (1)   (1)
Rhizothera (long-billed partridge) (2)
Rollulus (crested partridge) (1)
Schaubortyx (1)
Syrmaticus (pheasants) (5)
Telecrex (1)
Tetrao (Eurasian grouses) (15)
Tetraogallus (snowcocks) (5)
Tetraophasis (monal-partridges) (2)
Tetrastes (hazel grouse) (2)
Tragopan (tragopans) (5)
Tropicoperdix (1)
Tympanuchus (prairie-chickens) (5)
Xenoperdix (Udzungwa forest partridge) (2)   (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0