Phasianidae
Syrmaticus reevesii (J.E.Gray, 1829)
Syrmaticus reevesii (J.E.Gray, 1829)
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a long-tailed pheasant endemic to China, introduced elsewhere as a gamebird.
Syrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881)
Syrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881)
Syrmaticus humiae, Mrs. Hume's pheasant, is a vulnerable forest pheasant found in northeast South Asia and southwest China.
Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)
Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)
Syrmaticus mikado, the Mikado pheasant, is an endemic Taiwanese pheasant named after Japan's emperor, with distinct male and female plumage.
Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson, 1838)
Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson, 1838)
Crossoptilon crossoptilon, the white eared pheasant, is a gregarious bird species found in alpine areas of southwest China.
Lophophorus impejanus (Latham, 1790)
Lophophorus impejanus (Latham, 1790)
Lophophorus impejanus (Himalayan monal) is a large colorful Himalayan landfowl with distinct plumage differences between sexes.
Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Polyplectron bicalcaratum, the grey peacock-pheasant, is a large Southeast Asian pheasant with distinct plumage features, that eats plant matter and invertebrates.
Polyplectron inopinatum (Rothschild, 1903)
Polyplectron inopinatum (Rothschild, 1903)
Polyplectron inopinatum, the mountain peacock-pheasant, is a vulnerable endemic pheasant of central Malay Peninsula montane forests.
Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766
Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766
Pavo muticus, the green peafowl, is a large Asian bird with distinct male and female plumage traits.
Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Pavo cristatus, the Indian peafowl, is a sexually dimorphic phasianid bird native to the Indian subcontinent.
Bambusicola thoracicus (Temminck, 1815)
Bambusicola thoracicus (Temminck, 1815)
This text describes the physical traits, behavior, distribution, and habitat of the Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus.
Bambusicola sonorivox Gould, 1863
Bambusicola sonorivox Gould, 1863
Bambusicola sonorivox, the Taiwan bamboo partridge, is a Phasianidae bird endemic to Taiwan.
Pucrasia macrolopha (R.Lesson, 1829)
Pucrasia macrolopha (R.Lesson, 1829)
Pucrasia macrolopha, the koklass pheasant, is a medium-sized boreal gamebird endemic to high-altitude forests of Asia.
Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysolophus pictus, the golden pheasant, is a sexually dimorphic bird native to western China with feral populations worldwide.
Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater, 1829)
Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater, 1829)
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amherst's pheasant, is native to southwest China and northern Myanmar, with an extinct introduced population in England.
Argusianus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Argusianus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
The great argus is a distinctive brown pheasant native to jungles in southeast Asia.
Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1822)
Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1822)
Dendragapus obscurus, the dusky grouse, is a North American grouse with distinct male/female plumage and specific mountain forest habitat.
Dendragapus fuliginosus (Ridgway, 1873)
Dendragapus fuliginosus (Ridgway, 1873)
Dendragapus fuliginosus (sooty grouse) is a North American grouse with distinct sexual physical traits that lives in western mountain conifer forests.
Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827)
Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827)
Centrocercus urophasianus, the greater sage-grouse, is a sagebrush-dependent bird with sharply declining populations in North America.
Centrocercus minimus Young, C.Braun, Oyler-McCance, Hupp & Quinn, 2000
Centrocercus minimus Young, C.Braun, Oyler-McCance, Hupp & Quinn, 2000
Centrocercus minimus, the Gunnison sage-grouse, is a small sagebrush-dependent grouse endemic to the southwestern US.
Caloperdix oculeus (Temminck, 1815)
Caloperdix oculeus (Temminck, 1815)
Caloperdix oculeus, the ferruginous partridge, is a small partridge found in Southeast Asian forests and scrub.
Rollulus rouloul (Scopoli, 1786)
Rollulus rouloul (Scopoli, 1786)
The crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) is a vulnerable galliform gamebird native to Southeast Asian lowland rainforests, the only member of its genus.
Pternistis capensis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Pternistis capensis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Pternistis capensis, the Cape spurfowl, is a large African gamebird native to South Africa’s Western Cape region.
Pternistis erckelii (Rüppell, 1835)
Pternistis erckelii (Rüppell, 1835)
Erckel's spurfowl (Pternistis erckelii) is the largest African spurfowl, native to northeast Africa and introduced to Hawaii and Italy.
Pternistis bicalcaratus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pternistis bicalcaratus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pternistis bicalcaratus, the double-spurred spurfowl, is an unobtrusive gamebird found in open tree-containing habitats.
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