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Gallini (bird)

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Short description: Tribe of birds

Gallini
Grey Junglefowl by Samad Kottur.jpg
Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Tribe: Gallini
Brehm, 1831
Genera

Bambusicola
Gallus
Peliperdix
Ortygornis
Francolinus
Campocolinus
Scleroptila

Gallini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Phasianinae. It includes the bamboo partridges, francolins and junglefowl (including the chicken). Members of this tribe are found in both Asia and tropical Africa. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and has been accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Image Genus Living species
Bambusicola fytchii -Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington, USA-8a.jpg Bambusicola
Red Junglefowl (male) - Thailand.jpg Gallus
  • Green junglefowl, Gallus varius
  • Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
  • Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii
  • Sri Lanka junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii
Peliperdix lathami - Royal Museum for Central Africa - DSC06817.JPG Peliperdix
Francolín capirotado (Dendroperdix sephaena), parque nacional de Chobe, Botsuana, 2018-07-28, DD 101.jpg Ortygornis
Francolinus francolinus, Azerbaijan.jpg Francolinus
Coqui francolin (Peliperdix coqui).jpg Campocolinus
Scleroptila levaillantii00, crop.jpg Scleroptila

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16548850 entry




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