Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Galliformes — terrestrial, ground-living species of birds, consisting of thepheasants andpartridges , including thejunglefowl (includingchicken ), Old Worldquail ,francolins ,monals andpeafowl ..
Etymologies
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Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Orange-necked partridge* Arborophila davidi* Phasianidae Germain's peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini Timaliidae Grey-faced tit-babbler Macronous kelleyi An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Manipur bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis Sylviidae Grey-crowned prinia Prinia cinereocapilla Timaliidae Spiny babbler Turdoides nipalensis An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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A new genus and species of perdicine bird (Phasianidae, Perdicini) from Tanzania: a relict form with Indo-Malayan affinities.
Eastern Arc forests 2007
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Gallus gallus is a member of the pheasant family or Phasianidae, a large, originally Eurasian group of birds that tend to colonize open forest or the edge between field and wood.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Gallus gallus is a member of the pheasant family or Phasianidae, a large, originally Eurasian group of birds that tend to colonize open forest or the edge between field and wood.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The Phasianidae, Turdidae (_Myadestes-Hylocichla_ group), and Sylviidae (Polioptilinae) seem to have originated in the
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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The results of these studies and collections will shortly appear in a very complete monograph of the Phasianidae.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Programming Interactivity are guinea fowl (family Phasianidae, subfamily Numindinae).
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Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Chestnut-breasted partridge Arborophila mandellii Phasianidae Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichi Timaliidae Ludlow's fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi Turdidae Rusty-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Timaliidae Elliot's laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii Timaliidae Immaculate wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata Timaliidae Snowy-throated babbler Stachyris oglei Timaliidae Hoary-throated barwing Actinodura nipalensis Timaliidae Spiny babbler Turdoides nipalensis Timaliidae Mishmi wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis Phasianidae Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Chestnut-breasted partridge Arborophila mandellii Phasianidae Buff-throated partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii* Timaliidae Hoary-throated barwing Actinodura nipalensis Timaliidae Ludlow's fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi Timaliidae Immaculate wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata Psittacidae Derbyan parakeet Psittacula derbiana* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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