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The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds . [ 1 ]
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]
Pages in category "Phasianidae" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 ...
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.
Tropicoperdix is a genus of three species of birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Although formerly classified in the now-defunct subfamily Perdicinae, phylogenetic evidence supports them being a sister group to the tribe Polyplectronini. [1] [2] [3] They are referred to as East Asian forest partridges.
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".
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