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The clade Phasianidae is the largest of the branch Galliformes, comprising 185 species divided into 54 genera. [3] This group includes the pheasants and partridges, junglefowl chickens, quail, and peafowl. Turkeys and grouse have also been recognized as having their origins in the pheasant- and partridge-like birds.
The name Phasianoidea is formed by the union of the elements of scientific Latin Phasian-and -oidea.The first is the genitive root of the name of its type genus, Phasianus; and the second is the ending -oidea, neutral plural of -oideus, derived from ancient Greek εἴδος eidos, 'aspect', 'appearance', 'form', with the union vowel -o-, used in the formation of numerous names of orders and ...
The Phasianinae (Horsfield, 1821) are a subfamily of the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of landfowl, the order Galliformes.The subfamily includes true pheasants, tragopans, grouse, turkey and similar birds. [1]
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The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the Chinese pheasant, and Donald Trump pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae . The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest", and pictus is Latin for "painted" from pingere, "to paint". [2]
The common quail (Coturnix coturnix), or European quail, is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India.
Phasianini is a tribe of birds in the subfamily Phasianinae. It contains the true pheasants.Species in this tribe are found throughout Europe and Asia.This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and accepted by the International Ornithological Congress.
The genus Phasianus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. [1] The genus name is Latin for "pheasant". The word is derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis".