The chicken (Gallus domesticus ) is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a...
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is a brightly-colored bird that lives mainly on the ground. Its loud calls make it easy to detect, and in forest areas often indicates the presence of a predator such as a tiger. The bird is celebrated in Hindu...
The Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland ground bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey, and the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes (a group of game birds which includes grouse, pheasants, and partridges)....
The Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) is a tropical bird in the family Phasianidae. It was formerly known as the Bankiva or Bankiva Fowl. It is the primary ancestor of the domestic chicken. Junglefowl are behaviourally different from domestic chickens;...
The Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a colorful bird renowned for the striking plumage of the male. It is native to Asia but has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its...
The Common quail (Coturnix coturnix) is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. With its characteristic call, this species of quail is more often heard than seen. It is widespread in Europe and North Africa, and should...
The Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is native to Asia and has been introduced into many other places and feral populations have established themselves in parts of North America and New Zealand.
The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus ) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey. Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least...
The Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is the most widely distributed game bird in North America. The Ruffed grouse is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "partridge", an unrelated phasianid, and occasionally confused with the Grey partridge, a bird...
The Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) is a colorful bird native to forests in mountainous areas of China. The genus name of this bird comes from Ancient Greek khrusolophos which means "with golden crest", and pictus - Latin for "painted" from...
The Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) is a member of the order Galliformes, from the Latin ‘gallinaceus’, which means “of poultry.” They belong to the same order as domestic fowl, also including turkeys, grouse, pheasants, partridges, and...
The California quail (Callipepla californica) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. Their closest relative is Gambel's quail which has a more southerly distribution and a longer crest, a brighter head and lacks the scaly...
The Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa and has been widely introduced, as a domesticated species, into the West Indies,...
The Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Due to their natural beauty, these birds are still sometimes targeted by the pet trade, feather collectors, and even by hunters for meat. They...
The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata ) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo ), it was sometimes...
The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is a pheasant native to Himalayan forests and shrublands. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the danphe or danfe, and the state bird of Uttarakhand, India, where it is known as monal.
The Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) is a widespread species of mound-building bird from eastern Australia. It has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest extant representative of the family...
The Grey partridge (Perdix perdix) is a gamebird that belongs to the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Its scientific name is the Latin for "partridge", and is itself derived from Ancient Greek perdix.
The Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), also known as the African peafowl or mbulu by the Bakôngo, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin. It is one of three peafowl species and the only member of the subfamily Pavoninae native to Africa....
The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is a medium-sized bird of the pheasant family that is found in East Asia. It was first considered a subspecies of the Common quail, but since 1983 it was distinguished as its own species. The Japanese quail has...
The Greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) is a large grouse from North American. This species was once abundant but has become extremely rare and extirpated over much of its range due to habitat loss. One of the most famous aspects of these...
The Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a medium ground-dwelling bird of the arctic tundra. It is the state bird of Alaska. It breeds in birch and other forests and moorlands and has several behavioral and physiological adaptations that help it...
The Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii) is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird. It is closely related to the Red junglefowl
The Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii) is one of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken. The species has been bred domestically in England since 1862 and the feathers of these birds have been commercially supplied from domestic U.K. stocks for...
The Grey francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus) is a medium-sized francolin. It was formerly also called the Grey partridge, not to be confused with the European Grey partridge. The local name of Grey francolins teetar is based on their calls, a loud...
Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) are large game birds found across the Palearctic. They spend the winter perched in dense forests and females of this species take all responsibility for nesting and caring for the chicks, as typical with most galliforms.
The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus ), also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse (a type of bird) in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It...
The Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu) is a pheasant-like bird that was formerly found in forests of Brazil. It is now extinct in the wild. German naturalist Georg Marcgrave first identified the Alagoas curassow in 1648 in its native range. Subsequently,...
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is named in honor of William Gambel, a 19th-century naturalist and explorer of the Southwestern United States. The species is not as widely...
The Green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) is an omnivorous bird found only in the Japanese archipelago. It is the national bird of Japan and plays an important role in local culture.
The Spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) is a medium-sized grouse that lives in coniferous forests of North America. It is one of the most arboreal grouse species, fairly well adapted to perching and moving about in trees.
The Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) is usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species, Lagopus scoticus. The Red grouse is endemic to the British Isles; it has developed in...
The Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is small, short-tailed pheasant that is widespread in eastern Himalayas. The Blood pheasant is the state bird of Sikkim, a state in northeastern India.
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido ) is an extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido ), a large North American bird in the grouse family. It became extinct in 1932.Heath hens lived in the scrubby heathland barrens...
The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa ) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge. The genus name...
The green junglefowl (Gallus varius ), also known as Javan junglefowl, forktail or green Javanese junglefowl, is the most distantly related and the first to diverge at least 4 million years ago among the four species of the junglefowl. Hybridization...
The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus ), also known as the sharptail or fire grouse, is a medium-sized prairie grouse. One of three species in the genus Tympanuchus, the sharp-tailed grouse is found throughout Alaska, much of Northern...
Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae ) is a bird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest". The English name and amherstiae commemorates Sarah Amherst, who...
The black francolin (Francolinus francolinus ) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It was formerly known as the black partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India (locally known...
The king quail (Synoicus chinensis ), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a species of Old World quail in the family Phasianidae. This species is the smallest "true quail", ranging in the...
The vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum ) is the largest extant species of guineafowl. Systematically, it is only distantly related to other guineafowl genera. Its closest living relative, the white breasted guineafowl, Agelastes...
The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos ) is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Pakistan to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have at least...
