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  • Peters Checklist 7:162 (1951; J.L. Peters)
  • Howard & Moore 3rd:379
  • CBBM 22:473
  • HBW 2:310
  • GALLIFORMES

    84 Genera 299 sp. (2009.04.03)

    MEGAPODIIDAE Concept

    Alectura (f.) Latham 1824 Gen.Hist.Birds 10 p.455

    Aepypodius (m.) Oustalet 1880 Compt.Rend. 90 p.907 Type

    Talegalla (f.) Lesson 1828 Man.Orn. 2 p.185 Type Nomenclature

    Leipoa (f.) Gould 1840 BirdsAustr. pt1 pl.[6]

    Macrocephalon (n.) Muller,S 1846 Arch.Naturgesch. 12 p.116

    Eulipoa (f.) Ogilvie-Grant 1893 Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 22 p.445,462

    Megapodius (m.) Gaimard 1823 Bull.Gen.Univ.Annon.Nouv.Sci. 2 p.450 Type

    CRACIDAE

    PENELOPINAE

    Ortalis (f.) Merrem 1786 Av.rar.icon.descr. fasc.2 p.40 Type Nomenclature

    Penelope (f.) Merrem 1786 Av.rar.icon.descr. fasc.2 p.39 Type

    Pipile (m.) Bonaparte 1856 Compt.Rend. 42 p.877

    Aburria (f.) Reichenbach 1853 Handb.spec.Orn. lfr.3DieVogel p.xxvi

    Chamaepetes (m.) Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.1227 Type

    Penelopina (f.) Reichenbach 1861 Vollst.Naturg.Tauben p.152 Citation

    Oreophasis (m.) Gray,GR 1844 Gen.Birds 3 p.485 pl.121

    CRACINAE

    Nothocrax (m.) Burmeister 1856 Systemat.Uebers.Thier.Brasil. 3 p.347

    Mitu (n.) Lesson 1831 TraitedOrn. livr.7 p.485 Type

    Pauxi (f.) Temminck 1813 Hist.Nat.Pig.Gallin. 2 p.456,465 Type

    Crax (f.) Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.157 Type

    NUMIDIDAE

    Agelastes (m.) Bonaparte 1850 PZS["1849"] Pt17 no.199 p.145,note Type

    Numida (m.) Linnaeus 1764 Mus.AdolphiFriderici 2 p.27 Citation

    Guttera (f.) Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.1225 Type

    Acryllium (n.) Gray,GR 1840 ListGen.Birds p.61

    ODONTOPHORIDAE

    Dendrortyx (m.) Gould 1844 Monogr.Odontoph. pt1 pl.3 Type

    Oreortyx (m.) Baird,SF 1858 Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p.xlv,638,642

    Callipepla (f.) Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.277 Type

    Philortyx (m.) Gould 1846 Monogr.Odontoph. pt2 pl.6

    Colinus (m.) Goldfuss 1820 Handb.Zool. 2 p.220 Type

    Odontophorus (m.) Vieillot 1816 Analyse p.51 Type

    Dactylortyx (m.) Ogilvie-Grant 1893 Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 22 p.xiv,99,429

    Cyrtonyx (m.) Gould 1844 Monogr.Odontoph. pt1 pl.2 Type

    Rhynchortyx (m.) Ogilvie-Grant 1893 Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 22 p.xv,100,443

    PHASIANIDAE

    MELEAGRIDINAE

    Meleagris (f.) Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.156 Type

    TETRAONINAE

    Bonasa (f.) Stephens 1819 Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 11 pt2 p.298 Type

    Tetrastes (m.) Keyserling & Blasius,JH 1840 Wirbelth.Eur. p.lxiv,109,200

    Falcipennis (m.) Elliot 1864 Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 16 p.23 Type

    Tetrao (m.) Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.159 Type

    Lyrurus (m.) Swainson 1832 FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2["1831"] p.497

    Centrocercus (m.) Swainson 1832 FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2["1831"] p.358,496 Type

    Dendragapus (m.) Elliot 1864 Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 16 p.23

    Tympanuchus (m.) Gloger 1841 Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p.396 Type

    Lagopus (f.) Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.26,181 Type Nomenclature

    PERDICINAE

    Lerwa (f.) Hodgson 1837 MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 5 no.15 p.300

    Tetraophasis (m.) Elliot 1871 Monogr.Phasian. 1 p.xix pl.21 Type

    Tetraogallus (m.) Gray,JE 1832 Ill.Ind.Zool.[Hardwicke] 2 pt11 pl.46 Type

    Alectoris (f.) Kaup 1829 Skizz.Entwick.-Gesch.Europ.Thierw. p.180,193 Type

    Ammoperdix (m.) Gould 1851 BirdsAsia[Gould] 7 pt3 pl.1,text Type Citation

    Ptilopachus (m.) Swainson 1837 Class.Birds 2 p.344

    Francolinus (m.) Stephens 1819 Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 11 pt2 p.316 Type

    Peliperdix (m.) Bonaparte 1856 Compt.Rend. 42 p.882

    Scleroptila (f.) Blyth 1852 Cat.BirdsMus.As.Soc. p.250 Type Citation

    Dendroperdix (m.?) Roberts 1922 Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 p.194

    Pternistis (m.) Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.1229

    Perdix (f.) Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.26,219 Type

    Rhizothera (f.) Gray,GR 1841 ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.79

    Margaroperdix (m.) Reichenbach 1853 Handb.spec.Orn. lfr.3DieVogel p.xxviii dP

    Melanoperdix (m.) Jerdon 1864 BirdsIndia 3 p.580

    Coturnix (f.) Bonnaterre 1791 Tabl.Encyc.Meth.Orn. 1 p.lxxxvii Type

    Excalfactoria (f.) Bonaparte 1856 Compt.Rend. 42 p.881 Systematics

    Anurophasis (m.) Oort 1910 NotesLeydenMus. 32 p.211

    Perdicula (f.) Hodgson 1837 BengalSport.Mag. 9 p.344 Type

    Ophrysia† (f.) Bonaparte 1856 Compt.Rend. 43 p.414

    Xenoperdix (m.) Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldsa 1994 Ibis 136 p.2,3

    Arborophila (f.) Hodgson 1837 MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 5 no.15 p.303 Type

    Caloperdix (m.) Blyth 1861 J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 30 p.193

    Haematortyx (m.) Sharpe 1879 Ibis p.266

    Rollulus (m.) Bonnaterre 1791 Tabl.Encyc.Meth.Orn. 1 p.xciii

    Bambusicola (m.) Gould 1863 PZS["1862"] Pt3 p.285 Type

    Galloperdix (f.) Blyth 1845 J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 13["1844"] p.936 Type Nomenclature

    PHASIANINAE

    Ithaginis (m.) Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.1228 Type

    Tragopan (m.) Cuvier 1829 RegneAnim.nouv.ed. 1 p.479 Type

    Pucrasia (f.) Gray,GR 1841 ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.79 Type

    Lophophorus (m.) Temminck 1813 Hist.Nat.Pig.Gallin. 2 p.355 Type

    Gallus (m.) Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.26,166 Type

    Lophura (f.) Fleming 1822 Philos.Zool. 2 p.230 Type

    Crossoptilon (n.) Hodgson 1838 J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 7 p.864 Type

    Catreus (m.) Cabanis 1851 Allg.Encyc.[Ersch&Gruber] sect.1 53 p.221

    Syrmaticus (m.) Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.1229 Type

    Phasianus (m.) Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.158 Type

    Chrysolophus (m.) Gray,JE 1834 Ill.Ind.Zool.[Hardwicke] 2 pt15-16 pl.41 fig.2 Type

    Polyplectron (n.) Temminck 1807 Cat.Syst.Cab.Orn.Quad. p.149 Type

    Rheinardia (f.) Maingounat 1882 Sciencepourtous p.210 Author

    Argusianus (m.) Gray,GR 1849 Gen.Birds 3 App. p.47 Citation

    Pavo (m.) Linnaeus 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.156 Type

    Afropavo (m.) Chapin 1936 Rev.Zool.Bot.Afr. 29 p.2

    Comments & Suggestions to Data Steward :
    Alan P. Peterson, M.D., POB 1999, Walla Walla, WA 99362-0999,
    Last updated 2009.06.29