Phasianidae
Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Bonasa umbellus, the ruffed grouse, is a medium-sized North American grouse with two plumage morphs, found in mixed woodlands.
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758
Meleagris gallopavo, the wild turkey, is a large sexually dimorphic galliform bird with well-documented size, habitat and population recovery history.
Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820
Meleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820
This is a description of the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata), covering its appearance, size, vocalizations and population ecology.
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lagopus lagopus, the willow ptarmigan, is a common boreal ground-dwelling bird with seasonal plumage changes.
Lagopus muta (Montin, 1781)
Lagopus muta (Montin, 1781)
Lagopus muta, the rock ptarmigan, is a seasonally camouflaged sedentary grouse found across Arctic and Subarctic regions.
Lagopus leucura (Richardson, 1831)
Lagopus leucura (Richardson, 1831)
White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) is the smallest grouse, a permanent North American alpine resident with seasonal plumage changes.
Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758
Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758
This text describes the physical characteristics, variation, hybridisation, and ecology of the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus.
Phasianus versicolor Vieillot, 1825
Phasianus versicolor Vieillot, 1825
Phasianus versicolor, the green pheasant, is a Japanese gamebird with three plumage-varying subspecies introduced to Hawaii and elsewhere.
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758
This is an overview of the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, covering its description, distribution, habitat, behavior, and reproduction.
Ammoperdix heyi (Temminck, 1825)
Ammoperdix heyi (Temminck, 1825)
The sand partridge (Ammoperdix heyi) is a non-migratory Middle Eastern desert bird with varying breeding patterns and four distinct subspecies.
Tragopan temminckii (J.E.Gray, 1831)
Tragopan temminckii (J.E.Gray, 1831)
Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) is a medium-sized pheasant found across South and East Asia, listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Tragopan satyra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tragopan satyra (Linnaeus, 1758)
The satyr tragopan, also called crimson horned pheasant, is a Himalayan pheasant with a moderately small declining population.
Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tympanuchus cupido, the greater prairie-chicken, is a medium-large chicken-like bird native to North American prairie and savanna habitats.
Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tympanuchus phasianellus, the sharp-tailed grouse, is a North American grouse species with well-documented habitat use patterns.
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873)
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873)
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus is a paler, smaller relative of the greater prairie-chicken native to the US Great Plains.
Lophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790)
Lophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790)
Lophura leucomelanos has two main subspecies groups differing in range and male plumage, with distinct sexual size and color differences.
Lophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863)
Lophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863)
Lophura swinhoii, or Swinhoe's pheasant, is a Taiwanese mountain pheasant with distinct male and female plumage patterns.
Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lophura nycthemera is a relatively large pheasant with size and plumage variation across subspecies and between sexes.
Lophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856)
Lophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856)
Lophura diardi, the Siamese fireback, is a large Southeast Asian pheasant and Thailand’s national bird.
Lophura ignita (Shaw, 1798)
Lophura ignita (Shaw, 1798)
Lophura ignita, the Bornean Crested Fireback, is a non-migratory galliform bird endemic to Borneo and nearby Bangka Island.
Lophura ignita rufa (Raffles, 1822)
Lophura ignita rufa (Raffles, 1822)
Lophura ignita rufa is a Bornean endemic galliform bird with understudied wild reproductive habits.
Galloperdix spadicea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Galloperdix spadicea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Galloperdix spadicea, the red spurfowl, is a reddish-brown partridge-like bird found across India south of the Ganges.
Galloperdix lunulata (Valenciennes, 1825)
Galloperdix lunulata (Valenciennes, 1825)
Galloperdix lunulata, the painted spurfowl, is an Indian dry forest bird with distinct male and female plumage patterns.
Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821)
Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke, 1821)
Ithaginis cruentus, the blood pheasant, is a small high-elevation pheasant native to eastern Himalayan and central Chinese mountains.
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