Galliformes /ˌɡælɪˈfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous...
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(/ˈɡɪnifaʊl/) (or guineahen) are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous...
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The Galliformes are a clade of bird species of cosmopolitan distribution that, with the Anseriformes, belong to the branch Galloanserae. The group have...
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Siberia (section Order Galliformes)
Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/ sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North...
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of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey, which was originally derived...
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belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes). Anatomical and molecular similarities...
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1961 Position within the Galliformes. Living Odontophoridae based on the work by John Boyd. Quail eggs List of Galliformes Çınar, Ümüt (November 2015)...
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birds in their ranges. As with many large ground-feeding birds (order Galliformes), the male is bigger and much more colorful than the female. The earliest...
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for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. The collective noun for a group of quail is a flock, covey, or bevy...
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This is a list of Galliformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more...
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the other toes just like the species of the clade Cracidae. The other Galliformes have their halluces raised above the level of the front toes. Megapodes...
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are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive)...
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Russian Far East (section Order Galliformes)
The Russian Far East (Russian: Дальний Восток России, IPA: [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ]) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia...
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the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae (pheasants). The genus...
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Water or ground-dwelling fowl similar to modern partridges, in the Galliformes, the order of bird that chickens belong to, survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene...
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List of endangered birds (section Galliformes)
Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species Critically endangered (CR): 223 species Endangered (EN): 460 species Vulnerable (VU): 798 species Near threatened...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species Critically endangered (CR): 223 species Endangered (EN): 460 species Vulnerable (VU): 798 species Near threatened...
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human activities. The clade Phasianidae is the largest of the branch Galliformes, comprising 185 species divided into 54 genera. This group includes the...
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The Green River Formation is a famous Konservat-Lagerstätte located in the Intermountain West of the United States, in the states of Colorado, Utah, and...
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Anseriformes (waterfowls) Galliformes (landfowls- gamebirds)...
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arguses. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe...
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Flightless bird (section Galliformes (landfowl))
Flightless birds have, through evolution, lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species, including the well-known ratites (ostriches, emus...
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"Gallinaceous" then referred to "domestic fowls, or the gallinae"; the family Galliformes (Latin "gallus", cock, and "forma", shape) now includes pheasants, grouse...
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subfamily of the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of landfowl, the order Galliformes. The subfamily includes true pheasants, tragopans, grouse, turkey and...
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or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge"...
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Nayra; López-Jurado, L Felipe (2020). "Unforeseen diversity of quails (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnix) in oceanic islands provided by the fossil record...
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Stidham, Thomas A. (2008). "The first fossil of the Congo peafowl (Galliformes: Afropavo)". South African Journal of Science. 104 (11–12): 511–512....
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List of bird genera (section Galliformes)
List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, and...
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Himalayan National Park Conservation Area" (PDF). International Journal of Galliformes Conservation. 2: 74–81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2014...
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A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the...
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