Galliformes
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Galliformes is an order of birds containing the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasant. 256 species are found Worldwide except northern Eurasia.
Order: Galliformes
- Megapodidae megapodes
- Cracidae chachalacas, guans and curassows
- Tetraonidae grouse
- Phasianidae partridges, pheasants, quails etc.
- Odontophoridae New World quails
- Numididae guineafowl
- Meleagrididae turkeys
- Mesitornithidae mesites
- Turnicidae buttonquails
The buttonquails are sometimes given order status as the Turniciformes.
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
