#order_Galliformes__Galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
supertype: #animal_order the order of animals
member of: #class_Aves
member: #gallinaceous_bird__gallinaceon heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
member: #family_Meleagrididae__Meleagrididae turkeys and some extinct forms
member: #genus_Meleagris__Meleagris type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
member: #Meleagris_gallopavo__turkey large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
member: #genus_Agriocharis__Agriocharis a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey
member: #ocellated_turkey__ocellatedturkey__agriocharisocellata wild turkey of Central and northern South America
member: #family_Tetraonidae__Tetraonidae grouse
member: #grouse popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
member: #genus_Lyrurus__Lyrurus black grouse
member: #black_grouse__blackgrouse grouse of which the male is bluish-black
member: #genus_Lagopus__Lagopus ptarmigans
member: #ptarmigan large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage
member: #genus_Tetrao__Tetrao type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
member: #capercaillie__capercailzie__horse_of_the_wood__Tetrao_urogallus large black Old World grouse
member: #genus_Canachites__Canachites spruce grouse
member: #spruce_grouse__Canachites_canadensis North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
member: #genus_Centrocercus__Centrocercus sage grouse
member: #sage_grouse__sage_hen__Centrocercus_urophasianus large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
member: #genus_Bonasa__Bonasa ruffed grouse
member: #ruffed_grouse__partridge__Bonasa_umbellus valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
member: #genus_Pedioecetes__Pedioecetes sharp-tailed grouse
member: #genus_Tympanuchus__Tympanuchus prairie chickens
member: #prairie_chicken__prairiechicken__prairie_grouse__prairiegrouse__prairie_fowl__prairiefowl brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
member: #family_Cracidae__Cracidae curassows; guans; chachalacas
member: #guan any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
member: #genus_Crax__Crax type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
member: #curassow large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
member: #genus_Penelope__Penelope a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
member: #genus_Pipile__Pipile genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)
member: #piping_guan a kind of guan
member: #genus_Ortalis__Ortalis chachalacas
member: #chachalaca slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds
member: #Texas_chachalaca__Ortilis_vetula_macalli of Mexico and Texas
member: #family_Megapodiidae__Megapodiidae megapodes
member: #genus-Megapodius__Megapodius type genus of the Megapodiidae
member: #megapode__moundbird__mound_builder__moundbuilder__scrub_fowl__scrubfowl large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
member: #genus_Leipoa mallee fowl
member: #mallee_fowl__leipoa__lowan__Leipoa_ocellata Australian moundbird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
member: #genus_Alectura__Alectura brush turkeys
member: #brush_turkey__brushturkey__Alectura_lathami black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
member: #genus_Macrocephalon__Macrocephalon maleos
member: #Macrocephalon_maleo__maleo Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
member: #family_Phasianidae__Phasianidae pheasants; quails; partridges
member: #genus_Gallus__Gallus common domestic birds and related forms
member: #domestic_fowl__fowl__poultry a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
member: #jungle_fowl__gallina small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
member: #phasianid a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
member: #genus_Phasianus__Phasianus type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants
member: #pheasant large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
member: #ring-necked_pheasant__Phasianus_colchicus common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
member: #genus_Afropavo Congo peafowl
member: #genus_Argusianus__Argusianus argus pheasants
member: #argus_pheasant__arguspheasant__argus__argu large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
member: #genus_Chrysolophus__Chrysolophus golden pheasants
member: #golden_pheasant__Chrysolophus_pictus brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
member: #genus_Colinus__Colinus New World quail: the bobwhites
member: #bobwhite_quail__bobwhite__partridge a popular North American game bird; named for its call
member: #genus_Coturnix__Coturnix Old World quail
member: #Old_World_quail small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
member: #genus_Lophophorus__Lophophorus monals
member: #monal__monaul brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant
member: #genus_Odontophorus__Odontophorus genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family
member: #genus_Pavo__Pavo peafowl
member: #peafowl__bird_of_Juno very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
member: #genus_Lofortyx__Lofortyx California quail
member: #genus_Tragopan a genus of Phasianidae
member: #tragopan brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
member: #subfamily_Perdicidae__Perdicidae__Perdicinae__subfamily_Perdicinae Old World partridges
member: #partridge small Old World gallinaceous game birds
member: #genus_Perdix__Perdix a genus of Perdicinae
member: #Hungarian_partridge__gray_partridge__Perdix_perdix common European partridge
member: #genus_Alectoris__Alectoris a genus of Perdicidae
member: #red-legged_partridge__Alectoris_ruffa common western European partridge with red legs
member: #Greek_partridge__rock_partridge__Alectoris_graeca of mountainous areas of southern Europe
member: #genus_Oreortyx__Oreortyx mountain quail of western United States
member: #mountain_quail__mountain_partridge__Oreortyx_picta_palmeri California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
member: #subfamily_Numididae__Numididae__Numidinae__subfamily_Numidinae guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
member: #genus_Numida__Numida guinea fowl
member: #guinea_fowl__guinea__Numida_meleagris W African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
member: #family_Opisthocomidae__Opisthocomidae comprising the hoatzins
member: #genus_Opisthocomus__Opisthocomus type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins
member: #hoatzin__hoactzin__stinkbird__Opisthocomus_hoazin crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
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