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Species List: Galliformes

Family Cracidae, Chachalacas, Guans and Currosows
Family Megapodidae, Brush-Turkeys or Mound-builders
Family Phasianidae, Pheasants and Quails


Cracidae

Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca Ortalis garrula
Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri
West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis
White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot
Buff-browed Chachalaca Ortalis superciliaris
Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis
Bearded Guan Penelope barbata
Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni
Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
Marail Guan Penelope marail
Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris
Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei
Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
Cauca Guan Penelope perspicax
White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis
Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu
Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura
White-crested Guan Penelope pileata
Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster
White-browed Guan Penelope jacucaca
Trinidad Piping-Guan Pipile pipile
Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
Red-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cujubi
Black-fronted Piping-Guan Pipile jacutinga
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
Highland Guan Penelopina nigra
Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus
Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosa
Salvin's Curassow Mitu salvini
Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosa
Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu
Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi
Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis
Great Curassow Crax rubra
Blue-knobbed Curassow Crax alberti
Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni
Black Curassow Crax alector
Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa
Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata
Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii

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Megapodidae

Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami
Wattled Brush-turkey Aepypodius arfakianus
Bruijn's Brush-turkey Aepypodius bruijnii
Red-billed Brush-turkey Talegalla cuvieri
Black-billed Brush-turkey Talegalla fuscirostris
Brown-collared Brush-turkey Talegalla jobiensis
Maleo Macrocephalon maleo
Nicobar Scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis
Tabon Scrubfowl Megapodius cumingii
Sula Scrubfowl Megapodius bernsteinii
Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
Dusky Scrubfowl Megapodius freycinet
New Guinea Scrubfowl Megapodius affinis
Melanesian Scrubfowl Megapodius eremita
Vanuatu Scrubfowl Megapodius layardi
Micronesian Scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse
Niaufoou Scrubfowl Megapodius pritchardii
Moluccan Scrubfowl Megapodius wallacei
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata

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Phasianidae

Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius
Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus
Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi
Rusty-necklaced Partridge Alectoris magna
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus
Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis
Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
White-throated Francolin Francolinus albogularis
Schlegel's Francolin Francolinus schlegelii
Forest Francolin Francolinus lathami
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena
Ring-necked Francolin Francolinus streptophorus
Finsch's Francolin Francolinus finschi
Grey-winged Francolin Francolinus africanus
Red-winged Francolin Francolinus levaillantii
Moorland Francolin Francolinus psilolaemus
Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi
Orange River Francolin Francolinus levaillantoides
Nahan's Francolin Francolinus nahani
Hartlaub's Francolin Francolinus hartlaubi
Double-spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
Clapperton's Francolin Francolinus clappertoni
Heuglin's Francolin Francolinus icterorhynchus
Harwood's Francolin Francolinus harwoodi
Red-billed Francolin Francolinus adspersus
Cape Francolin Francolinus capensis
Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti
Natal Francolin Francolinus natalensis
Ahanta Francolin Francolinus ahantensis
Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
Grey-striped Francolin Francolinus griseostriatus
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Francolinus leucoscepus
Grey-breasted Spurfowl Francolinus rufopictus
Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer
Swainson's Spurfowl Francolinus swainsonii
Erckel's Francolin Francolinus erckelii
Ochre-breasted Francolin Francolinus ochropectus
Chestnut-naped Francolin Francolinus castaneicollis
Handsome Francolin Francolinus nobilis
Jackson's Francolin Francolinus jacksoni
Cameroon Francolin Francolinus camerunensis
Swierstra's Francolin Francolinus swierstrai
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
Long-billed Partridge Rhizothera longirostris
Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagascarensis
Black Partridge Melanoperdix nigra
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
New Zealand Quail Coturnix novaezelandiae
Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora
Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii
Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis
Snow Mountain Quail Anurophasis monorthonyx
Jungle Bush-Quail Perdicula asiatica
Rock Bush-Quail Perdicula argoondah
Painted Bush-Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
Manipur Bush-Quail Perdicula manipurensis
Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis
Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii
Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus
Sichuan Partridge Arborophila rufipectus
Grey-breasted Partridge Arborophila orientalis
Chestnut-bellied Partridge Arborophila javanica
Red-breasted Partridge Arborophila hyperythra
White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila gingica
Orange-necked Partridge Arborophila davidi
Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana
Red-billed Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris
Hainan Partridge Arborophila ardens
Scaly-breasted Partridge Arborophila chloropus
Annam Partridge Arborophila merlini
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Arborophila charltonii
Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculea
Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps
Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii
Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracica
Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata
Ceylon Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa
Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii
Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti
Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
Ceylon Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii
Green Junglefowl Gallus varius
Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
Imperial Pheasant Lophura imperialis
Edwards's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi
Vietnam Fireback Lophura hatinhensis
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii
Sumatran Pheasant Lophura hoogerwerfi
Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata
Crestless Fireback Lophura erythrophthalma
Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi
Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri
Tibetan Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani
White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Brown Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum
Blue Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichi
Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti
Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado
Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum
Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum
Germain's Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron germaini
Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron malacense
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron emphanum
Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata
Great Argus Argusianus argus
Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus
Siberian Grouse Dendragapus falcipennis
Spruce Grouse Dendragapus canadensis
Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus
Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
Caucasian Grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao parvirostris
Hazel Grouse Bonasa bonasia
Chinese Grouse Bonasa sewerzowi
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
Greater Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido
Lesser Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Ocellated Turkey Agriocharis ocellata
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides
Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera
Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
Bearded Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx barbatus
Long-tailed Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx macroura
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii
California Quail Callipepla californica
Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira
Black-eared Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanotis
Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons
Chestnut Wood-Quail Odontophorus hyperythrus
Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus
Tacarcuna Wood-Quail Odontophorus dialeucos
Gorgeted Wood-Quail Odontophorus strophium
Venezuelan Wood-Quail Odontophorus columbianus
Black-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
Stripe-faced Wood-Quail Odontophorus balliviani
Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus
Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus

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