THE WORLD BIRDS - An Online Bird Book
GALLIFORMES
Galliformes are heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game birds. Most are plump-bodied with thick necks and moderately long legs, and have rounded and rather short wings. They do not fly well if at all, but walk and run instead for transportation. These birds vary greatly in size from 12-120 cm. Many adult males have one to several sharp horny spurs on the back of each leg, which they use for fighting. They can be found worldwide and in a variety of habitats, including forests, deserts, and meadows. Male courtship behavior includes elaborate visual displays of plumage. Gallinaceous birds feed on a variety of plant and animal material, which may include fruits, seeds, leaves, shoots, flowers, tubers, roots, insects, snails, worms, lizards, snakes, small rodents, and eggs.
Some of the Gallifrom families:
Cracidae: chachalac, curassow, guan.
Numididae : Guineafowl
Odontophoridae : New World Quail
Phasianidae: francolin, grouse, partridge, pheasant, Old World quail.
Partridge
Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae
Partridges are birds non-migratory birds in family
Phasianidae. Most are naturally found in Asia; a few also in Africa and Europe. Some have been introduced around the world as game birds.
These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. They are ground-nesting seed-eaters.
Genus Alectoris
Found in: Asia, Europe and some introduced elsewhere..
Chukar Alectoris chukar Found: North America (introduced), Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Jim Larson - Idaho
2, 3) Dick Daniels - Hawaii 4)
Charlie Westerinen - Nevada



Partridge,_Arabian Alectoris melanocephala Found: southern Arabian peninsula
Image by: 1)
P_Khoo 2)
Haplochromis 3)
Tuxyco


Partridge,_Barbary Alectoris barbara Found: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
Image by:
1, 2) Fritz Van der Meer

Partridge,_Philby's Alectoris philbyi Found: southwestern Arabia, Yemen
Image by:
F. Spangenberg
Partridge,_Przevalski's Alectoris magna Found: China
Image by:
1)
Sergey_Volkov
Partridge,_Red-legged Alectoris rufa Found: North America (introduced), Europe, New Zealand
(introduced)
Image by: 1)
Mark Medcalf - Scotland 2)
Arturo Nikolai 3)
Agustin_Povedano 4
Nik_Borrow



Partridge,_Rock Alectoris graeca Found: southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia
Image by: 1)
Richard Bartz 2)
Fokus Natur

Genus Ammoperdix
Found in: Africa, Asia
Partridge,_Sand Ammoperdix heyi Found: northern Africa (Eygpt), Asia (Arabia)
Image by:
1. 2) MinoZig 3)
Marcel Holyoak - Israel
1) Female 2) Male


Partridge,_See-see Ammoperdix griseogularis Found: Turkey through Syria and Iraq; east to Iran and Pakistan
Image by: 1)
Durzan_cîrano 2)
Tommy_Pedersen
1) Female 2) Male

Genus Arborophila
Found in: Asia.
These partridges are fairly small and often brightly marked.
Partridge,_Bar-backed Arborophila brunneopectus Found:
Asia
Image by:
1, 2) JJ Harrison - Thailand 3)
Jason_Thompson - Thailand
1) Female 2) Male


Partridge,_Chestnut-bellied also Chestnut-bellied Hill Partridge
Arborophila javanica Found:
Indonesia
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo

Partridge,_Chestnut-breasted Arborophila mandellii Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Gauray_Katana 2)
Sunil_Dete - West Bengal

Partridge,_Chestnut-headed Arborophila cambodiana Found: Cambodia, Vietnam
Image by: 1)
James_Eaton
Partridge,_Chestnut-necklaced Arborophila charltonii Found: Borneo, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
Image by: 1)
Mark_Louis_Benedict
Partridge,_Gray-breasted Arborophila orientalis Found: Java (Indonesia)
Image by: 1)
Sam_kawah_ijen
Partridge,_Hainan Arborophila ardens Found: South China (Hainan Island)
Image by: 1)
John Kuelmans 2)
Liang_Wei

Partridge,_Hill also
Common Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
John_Corder 2)
Nicolas_LeJeune 3)
Umeshsrinivasan
1) Female 2, 3) Male


Patridge,_Malyasian Arborophila campbelli Found: mountains of Malay Peninsular
Image by: 1)
Sabine's_Sunbird 2)
Swee_Oon 3)
David_Cook


Partridge,_Orange-necked Arborophila davidi Found: Cambodia, Vietnam
Image by: 1)
del_Hoyo
Partridge,_Red-billed Arborophila rubrirostris Found: Sumatra (Indonesia)
Image by: 1)
Salvatore_Chamu 2)
James_Eaton

Partridge,_Red-breasted Arborophila hyperythra Found: Borneo
Image by: 1)
John_Gerrard_Keulemans 2)
hjcv

Partridge,_Rufous-throated Arborophila rufogularis Found: China, India, southeast Asia
Image by: 1)
JJ_Harrison - thailand 2)
Dave_Curtis - Thailand 3)
Jerry_Oldenettel - thailand


Partridge,_Scaly-breasted also
Green-legged Partridge Arborophila chloropus Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) JJ Harrison - Thailand 3)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Thailand 4)
Hiyashi_Haka



Partridge,_Sichuan Arborophila rufipectus Found: China
Image by: 1)
Zhang_Yong
Partridge,_Taiwan Arborophila crudigularis Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Hiyashi Haka 2)
Francesco Veronesi 3)
Hank


Partridge,_Vietnam also
Annam Partridge Arborophila merlini Found: Vietnam
Image by: 1)
hbw.com
Partridge,_White-cheeked Arborophila atrogularis Found: Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar
Image by: 1)
Hume_and_Marshall 2)
Nejib Ahmed

Partridge,_White-necklaced Arborophila gingica Found: southeastern China
Image by: 1)
Spangenberg 2)
Linda De Volder - captive

Genus Bambusicola
Found in: Asia
Partridge,_Chinese Bamboo Bambusicola thoracicus Found: China and Taiwan
Image by: 1)
Ishikawa_Ken 2, 3, 4) Richard2Formosa - Chushan Town, Taiwan 5)
Nkenji




Partridge,_Mountain Bamboo- Bambusicola fytchii Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels 3)
Brian Gratwicke 4)
LonelyShrimp - Thailand



Partridge,_Taiwan_Bamboo- Bambusicola sonorivox Found: Taiwan
Image by: 1) John_and_Fish 2)
Richard2formosa

Genus Caloperdix - 1 species
Found in: Asia
Partridge,_Ferruginous Caloperdix oculeus Found: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand
Image by: 1)
David_Cook - Malaysia 2)
Sabine's_Sunbird - Malaysia

Genus Haematortyx - 1 species
Partridge,_Crimson-headed Haematortyx sanguiniceps Found: Borneo
Image by:
1) unknown
Genus Lerwa - 1 species
Partridge,_Snow Lerwa lerwa Found: India, Pakistan, Nepal, China
Image by: 1)
Dibyendu_Ash - India 2)
AJIT_HOTA - India 3)
Per


Genus Margaroperdix = 1 species
Found in: Africa
Partridge,_Madagascar Margaroperdix madagarensis Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
4028mdk09 Nocolas la Jeune 2) Dick Daniels - near Isalo, Madagascar 3)
Amy_McAndrews


Genus Melanoperdix - 1 species
Found in: Asia
Partridge,_Black Melanoperdix niger Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1)
Untung_Sarmawi
Genus Perdix
Found in: Asia
Partridge,_Daurian Perdix dauurica Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Joseph_Wolf 2, 3) Boldbaatar_Jambaldorj


Partridge,_Gray Perdix perdix Found: North America (introduced), Europe, Asia
Image by: 1)
Marek Szczepanek 2)
Huhu Uet 3)
OldBilluk 4)
David Mitchell
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Partridge,_Tibetan Perdix hodgsoniae Found: Tibetan plateau
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dash_Huang


Genus Ptilopachus
Found in: Africa.
Some put this genus with the New World partridge family.
Partridge,_Nahan's also
Nahan's Francolin Ptilopachus nahani Found: DR Congro, western Uganda
Image by: 1)
Dubois,_Alphonse
Partridge,_Stone Ptilopachus petrosus Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
P_Khoo 2)
Liki Fumei 3)
Francesco Veronesi - Gambia 4)
Nik_Borrow - Ghana



Genus Rhizothera - 1 species
Found in: southeast Asia
Partridge,_Long-billed Rhizothera longirostris Found: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Image by: 1)
unknown 2)
Yeo_Siew_Teck

Genus Rollulus - 1 species
Found in: Asia
Partridge,_Crested Wood also
Roul Roul Rollulus rouloul Found: Asia
Image by: 1)
Trisha Shears at
the Cincinnati Zoo 2)
Sandy Cole -
North Carolina Zoo 3, 4) Dick Daniels -
North Carolina Zoo
1) Female 2 - 4) Male



Genus Tetraophasis
Monal-partridges are strictly monogamous. The female incubates the eggs until the last 48 hours when the male may take over. They are boreal adapted species of high altitude.
Partridge,_Szechenyi's also
Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii Found: China, India
Image by:
1)
Naturgucker 2)
characters

Partridge,_Verreaux's_Monal- also
Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus Found: central China
Image by: 1)
John_Gould 2)
Tang_Jung

Genus Xenoperdix - 1 species
Found in: Africa
Partridge,_Udzungwa Xenoperdix udzungwensis Alectoris chukar Found: Tanzania
Image by: 1)
Salvatore_Chamu