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Phasianidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 175861

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Tetraonidae
 
    Meleagrididae
 
    Meleagridinae
 
    Phasianinae
 
    Tetraoninae
 
    Perdicinae
 
  Common Name(s): Partridges [English]
  
    Turkeys [English]
  
    Grouse [English]
  
    Pheasants [English]
  
    Quail [English]
  
    cailles [French]
  
    faisans [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGalliformes  – Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds, gallinacées, volaille  
                            FamilyPhasianidae  – Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, cailles, faisans  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAfropavo Chapin, 1936  
                               GenusAlectoris Kaup, 1829 – Chukars 
                               GenusAmmoperdix Gould, 1851  
                               GenusArborophila Hodgson, 1837  
                               GenusArgusianus G. R. Gray, 1849  
                               GenusBambusicola Gould, 1863 – Bamboo Partridges 
                               GenusBonasa Stephens, 1819 – Ruffed Grouse 
                               GenusCaloperdix Blyth, 1861 – Ferruginous Partridge 
                               GenusCampocolinus Crowe, Mandiwana-Neudani, Donsker, Bowie & Little, 2020  
                               GenusCanachites Stejneger, 1885 – Spruce Grouse 
                               GenusCatreus Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusCentrocercus Swainson, 1832 – Sage Grouse 
                               GenusChrysolophus J. E. Gray, 1834  
                               GenusCoturnix Garsault, 1764  
                               GenusCrossoptilon Hodgson, 1838  
                               GenusDendragapus D. G. Elliot, 1864 – Grouse, Sooty Grouse, Dusky Grouse, Blue Grouse 
                               GenusFalcipennis D. G. Elliot, 1864 – Siberian Grouse 
                               GenusFrancolinus Stephens, 1819 – Francolins 
                               GenusGalloperdix Blyth, 1845 – Spurfowl 
                               GenusGallus Brisson, 1760 – Junglefowl 
                               GenusHaematortyx Sharpe, 1879  
                               GenusIthaginis Wagler, 1832 – Blood Pheasant 
                               GenusLagopus Brisson, 1760 – Ptarmigans 
                               GenusLerwa Hodgson, 1837  
                               GenusLophophorus Temminck, 1813 – Monals 
                               GenusLophura J. Fleming, 1822 – Kalij Pheasants 
                               GenusLyrurus Swainson, 1832  
                               GenusMargaroperdix Reichenbach, 1853  
                               GenusMelanoperdix Jerdon, 1864 – Black Partridge 
                               GenusMeleagris Linnaeus, 1758 – Turkeys 
                               GenusOphrysia Bonaparte, 1856  
                               GenusOrtygornis Reichenbach, 1852  
                               GenusPavo Linnaeus, 1758 – Peafowl 
                               GenusPeliperdix Bonaparte, 1856  
                               GenusPerdicula Hodgson, 1837  
                               GenusPerdix Brisson, 1760 – Gray Partridges 
                               GenusPhasianus Linnaeus, 1758 – Pheasants 
                               GenusPolyplectron Temminck, 1807 – Peacock-Pheasants 
                               GenusPternistis Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusPucrasia G. R. Gray, 1841 – Koklass Pheasant 
                               GenusRheinardia Maingonnat, 1882  
                               GenusRhizothera G. R. Gray, 1841  
                               GenusRollulus Bonnaterre, 1791 – Crested Partridge 
                               GenusScleroptila Blyth, 1852  
                               GenusSynoicus Gould, 1843  
                               GenusSyrmaticus Wagler, 1832  
                               GenusTetrao Linnaeus, 1758 – Capercaillie 
                               GenusTetraogallus J. E. Gray, 1832  
                               GenusTetraophasis D. G. Elliot, 1871 – Monal-Partridges 
                               GenusTetrastes Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840 – Grouse 
                               GenusTragopan Cuvier, 1829 – Tragopans 
                               GenusTropicoperdix Blyth, 1859  
                               GenusTympanuchus Gloger, 1841 – Sharp-tailed Grouse, Prairie-Chickens 
                               GenusXenoperdix Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldså, 1994 – Forest Partridges 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Phasianidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Phasianidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: cailles[French], faisans [French]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Phasianidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phasianidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.05.23, website (version 23-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Phasianidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phasianidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phasianidae, Grouse [English], Partridges [English], Pheasants [English], Turkeys [English]   
       

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