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GALLIFORMES

65 Genera 220 sp. (2007.02.01)

NUMIDIDAE

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

Numida (m.) Linnaeus 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.273

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

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

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

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