Galliformes

Galliformes

Wild Turkey

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes

Families

Megapodidae
Numididae
Odontophoridae
Phasianidae
Meleagrididae
Tetraonidae
Cracidae
Mesitornithidae
Odontophoridae

The Galliformes is an order of birds containing the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants. About 256 species are found worldwide.

These birds vary in size from small to large, but they are typically stoutly built and have short thick bills primarily adapted for seed-eating or the consumption of other plant material such as heather shoots. The young birds will also take insects.

Most of these birds are resident, but some of the smaller temperate species, such as quail, do migrate. Many species show distinct differences between the sexes in size or appearance.

ORDER GALLIFORMES

Family: Megapodidae, mound-builders
Family: Cracidae, chachalacas, guans and curassows
Family: Tetraonidae, grouse
Family: Phasianidae, partridges, pheasants, quail, and allies.
Family: Odontophoridae, New World quail
Family: Numididae, guineafowl
Family: Meleagrididae, turkeys
Family: Mesitornithidae, mesites

The buttonquail family is traditionally listed among the Galliformes, but many authorites now regard it as sufficiently different to list it as a separate order. Similarly, the hoatzin was formerly listed here, but DNA comparison has shown clearly that it is a cuckoo.

The Anseriformes (ducks and their allies) and the Galliformes are ancestral to neognathous birds, and should follow ratites and tinamous in bird classification systems. See the chart below

Expression: Galliformes

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Galliformes

Modern Translations: Galliformes

Language		Translations for "Galliformes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		hoensefugle (fowl-like birds, game birds). (various references)

Dutch		hoendervogels (fowl-like birds, game birds), hoenderachtigen (fowl-like birds, game birds). (various references)

French		galliformes. (various references)

German		Huehnervoegel (fowl-like birds, game birds). (various references)

Greek		ορνιθόμορφα (fowl-like birds). (various references)

Italian		galliformi (fowl-like birds, game birds). (various references)

Pig Latin		alliformesgay.(various references)

Portuguese		galiformes (fowl-like birds, game birds). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Galliformes

Anagrams: Galliformes

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