CHINESE MONAL GOLDEN PHEASANT PLUS

levalliantoides)Ĭrested Francolin ( Dendroperdix sephaena)Īhanta Francolin ( Pternistis ahantensis) Orange River Francolin ( Scleroptila gutturalis)

Moorland Francolin ( Scleroptila psilolaema) Shelley’s Francolin ( Scleroptila shelleyi) Red-winged Francolin ( Scleroptila levaillantii)įinsch’s Francolin ( Scleroptila finschi) Gray-winged Francolin ( Scleroptila afra) Ring-necked Francolin ( Scleroptila streptophora) Schlegel’s Francolin ( Peliperdix schlegelii) White-throated Francolin ( Peliperdix albogularis) Latham’s Francolin ( Francolinus lathami) Gray Francolin ( Francolinus pondicerianus) See-see Partridge ( Ammoperdix griseogularis)īlack Francolin ( Francolinus francolinus)Ĭhinese Francolin ( Francolinus pintadeanus) Przevalski’s Partridge ( Alectoris magna)Īrabian Partridge ( Alectoris melanocephala) Tibetan Snowcock ( Tetraogallus tibetanus) Himalayan Snowcock ( Tetraogallus himalayensis) Szechenyi’s Monal-Partridge ( Tetraophasis szechenyii)Ĭaucasian Snowcock ( Tetraogallus caucasicus) Verreaux’s Monal-Partridge ( Tetraophasis obscurus) White-tailed Ptarmigan ( Lagopus leucura) Greater Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido)

Lesser Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) Sharp-tailed Grouse ( Tympanuchus phasianellus) Gunnison Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus minimus) Greater Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus) Siberian Grouse ( Falcipennis falcipennis)īlack-billed Capercaillie ( Tetrao urogalloides)Ĭaucasian Grouse ( Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi) Other species limits that remain open to debate, but are not as fully investigated, include a few of the grouse and many of the African francolins.

nycthemera) remain among the more problematic cases for delineating a boundary between two (or possibly more) species. In contrast, despite extensive research and analysis, the complex mass of populations that comprise the Kalij Pheasant ( Lophura leucomelanos) and Silver Pheasant ( L. The Common Pheasant is among the most striking examples of visible diversity within a single, recognized species. The species-level taxonomy of the Phasianidae is fairly well settled for most of the major subgroups, although several of the recognized species are internally diverse and include distinctive populations. Of course, this could all change again, so specification of the subfamilies under consideration is a helpful precaution against error. So, depending on the taxonomic paradigm of the day, the name Phasianidae has referred to anywhere from two to six subfamily- or family-level groups, or varying sets of three, four, or five. Adding to the potential confusion, two of the other galliform families, the guineafowls ( Numididae) and New World quails ( Odontophoridae) have sometimes been included in the Phasianidae. While partridges and pheasants have always been classified together, both grouse and turkeys have sometimes been classified as separate families.

CHINESE MONAL GOLDEN PHEASANT PLUS

Phasianinae: Pheasants (51 to 53 species)Īs currently configured, therefore, the Phasianidae comprise approximately 182 to 204 extant species, plus two that have gone extinct in modern times. Perdicinae: Partridges and quails (110 to 127 species plus 2 extinct) This combined family is the Phasianidae, comprised of these subfamilies: The consensus since the early 2000s has been to classify four of the branches as separate families based on evidence that they diverged in the very distant past, and to combine the remaining four as subfamilies within a single family. Family relationships among the eight major branches of chickenlike birds (collectively, the Galliformes) are imperfectly understood and remain open to revision.

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