Gallinaceous birds or Gamefowl (Galliformes)
The Galliformes are a clade of bird species of cosmopolitan distribution that, with the Anseriformes, belong to the branch Galloanserae. The group have more than 270 living species and includes the megapodes, chachalacas, guans, curassows, turkeys, grouse, New World quails, pheasants, partridges and guineafowl. They are, with Neoaves, the two main lineages of Neognathae.
Megapodes (Megapodidae)
- Maleo, Macrocephalon maleo
- Moluccan Megapode, Eulipoa wallacei
- Tongan Megapode, Megapodius pritchardii
- Micronesian Megapode, Megapodius laperouse
- Nicobar Megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis
- Philippine Megapode, Megapodius cumingii
- Sula Megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii
- Tanimbar Megapode Megapodius tenimberensis
- Dusky Megapode, Megapodius freycinet
- Biak Scrubfowl Megapodius geelvinkianus
- Melanesian Megapode, Megapodius eremita
- Vanuatu Megapode, Megapodius layardi
- New Guinea Scrubfowl, Megapodius affinis
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- † Pile-builder Scrubfowl Megapodius molistructor
- Malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata
- Australian Brushturkey, Alectura lathami
- Wattled Brushturkey, Aepypodius arfakianus
- Waigeo Brushturkey, Aepypodius bruijnii
- Red-billed Brushturkey, Talegalla cuvieri
- Black-billed Brushturkey, Talegalla fuscirostris
- Collared Brushturkey, Talegalla jobiensis
Cracids (Cracidae)
Guans (Penelopinae)
- Highland Guan, Penelopina nigra
- Black Guan, Chamaepetes unicolor
- Sickle-winged Guan, Chamaepetes goudotii
- White-winged Guan, Penelope albipennis
- Band-tailed Guan, Penelope argyrotis
- Bearded Guan, Penelope barbata
- Red-faced Guan, Penelope dabbenei
- Spix's Guan, Penelope jacquacu
- White-browed Guan, Penelope jacucaca
- Marail Guan, Penelope marail
- Andean Guan, Penelope montagnii
- Dusky-legged Guan, Penelope obscura
- Chestnut-bellied Guan, Penelope ochrogaster
- Baudo Guan, Penelope ortoni
- Cauca Guan, Penelope perspicax
- White-crested Guan, Penelope pileata
- Crested Guan, Penelope purpurascens
- Rusty-margined Guan, Penelope superciliaris
- Wattled Guan, Aburria aburri
- Black-fronted Piping Guan, Pipile jacutinga
- Red-throated Piping Guan, Pipile cujubi
- Trinidad Piping Guan, Pipile pipile
- Blue-throated Piping Guan, Pipile cumanensis
- Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula
- Grey-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
- Chestnut-winged Chachalaca, Ortalis garrula
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis erythroptera
- Rufous-bellied Chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri
- West Mexican Chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala
- Chaco Chachalaca, Ortalis canicollis
- White-bellied Chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra
- Colombian Chachalaca, Ortalis columbiana
- Speckled Chachalaca, Ortalis guttata
- East Brazilian Chachalaca, Ortalis araucuan
- Scaled Chachalaca, Ortalis squamata
- Little Chachalaca, Ortalis motmot
- Buff-browed Chachalaca, Ortalis superciliaris

Above: Rusty-margined guan, Penelope superciliaris (photo by Jan Harteman)
Horned guan (Oreophasinae)
- Horned guan, Oreophasis derbianus
Curassows (Cracinae)
- Nocturnal Curassow, Nothocrax urumutum
- Great Curassow, Crax rubra
- Blue-billed Curassow, Crax alberti
- Yellow-knobbed Curassow, Crax daubentoni
- Wattled Curassow, Crax globulosa
- Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii
- Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata
- Black Curassow, Crax alector
- Crestless Curassow, Mitu tomentosum
- Salvin's Curassow, Mitu salvini
- Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum
- Alagoas Curassow, Mitu mitu (extinct in the wild)
- Helmeted Curassow or Northern Helmeted Curassow, Pauxi pauxi
- Horned Curassow, Pauxi unicornis
- Sira Curassow, Pauxi koepckeae
Guineafowl (Numididae)
- White-breasted Guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides
- Black Guineafowl, Agelastes niger
- Helmeted Guineafowl, Numida meleagris
- Plumed Guineafowl, Guttera plumifera
- Crested Guineafowl, Guttera pucherani
- Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum
Above: Crested guineafowl, Guttera pucherani edouardi (photo by Jan Harteman)
New World Quail (Odontophoridae)
- Bearded Wood Partridge, Dendrortyx barbatus
- Long-tailed Wood Partridge, Dendrortyx macroura
- Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge, Dendrortyx leucophrys
- Mountain Quail, Oreortyx pictus
- Scaled Quail, (commonly called Blue Quail) Callipepla squamata
- Elegant Quail, Callipepla douglasii
- California Quail, Callipepla californica
- Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii
- Banded Quail, Philortyx fasciatus
- Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus
- Black-throated Bobwhite, Colinus nigrogularis
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Colinus leucopogon
- Crested Bobwhite, Colinus cristatus
- Marbled Wood Quail, Odontophorus gujanensis
- Spot-winged Wood Quail, Odontophorus capueira
- Black-eared Wood Quail, Odontophorus melanotis
- Rufous-fronted Wood Quail, Odontophorus erythrops
- Black-fronted Wood Quail, Odontophorus atrifrons
- Chestnut Wood Quail, Odontophorus hyperythrus
- Dark-backed Wood Quail, Odontophorus melanonotus
- Rufous-breasted Wood Quail, Odontophorus speciosus
- Tacarcuna Wood Quail, Odontophorus dialeucos
- Gorgeted Wood Quail, Odontophorus strophium
- Venezuelan Wood Quail, Odontophorus columbianus
- Black-breasted Wood Quail, Odontophorus leucolaemus
- Stripe-faced Wood Quail, Odontophorus balliviani
- Starred Wood Quail, Odontophorus stellatus
- Spotted Wood Quail, Odontophorus guttatus
- Singing Quail, Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Montezuma Quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Ocellated Quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Tawny-faced Quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus
Pheasants and relatives (Phasianidae)
- Blood Pheasant, (Ithaginis cruentus)
- Western Tragopan, (Tragopan melanocephalus)
- Satyr Tragopan, (Tragopan satyra)
- Blyth's Tragopan, (Tragopan blythii)
- Temminck's Tragopan, (Tragopan temminckii)
- Cabot's Tragopan, (Tragopan caboti)
- Koklass Pheasant, (Pucrasia macrolopha)
- Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Grey Junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii
- Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii
- Green Junglefowl, Gallus varius
- Kalij Pheasant, (L. leucomelanos)Silver Pheasant, (L. nycthemera)
- Imperial Pheasant, (Lophura imperialis)
- Edward's Pheasant, (Lophura edwardsi)
- Vietnamese Pheasant, (Lophura hatinhensis)
- Swinhoe's Pheasant, (Lophura swinhoii)
- Hoogerwerf's Pheasant, (Lophura hoogerwerfi)
- Salvadori's Pheasant, (Lophura inornata)
- Crestless Fireback, (Lophura erythrophthalma)
- Crested Fireback, Lophura ignita
- Siamese Fireback, (Lophura diardi)
- Bulwer's Pheasant, (Lophura bulweri)
- White-eared Pheasant, (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)
- Tibetan Eared Pheasant, (Crossoptilon harmani)
- Brown Eared Pheasant, (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
- Blue Eared Pheasant, (Crossoptilon auritum)
- Cheer Pheasant, (Catreus wallichi)
- Reeve's Pheasant, (Syrmaticus reevesi)
- Elliot's Pheasant, (Syrmaticus ellioti)
- Mrs. Hume's Pheasant, (Syrmaticus humiae)
- Mikado Pheasant, (Syrmaticus mikado)
- Copper Pheasant, (Syrmaticus soemmerringi)
- Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
- Common Pheasant, (Phasianus colchicus)
- Golden Pheasant, (Chrysolophus pictus)
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant, (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
- Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron chalcurum)
- Mountain Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron inopinatum)
- Germain's Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron germaini)
- Grey Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
- Hainan Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron katsumatae)
- Malayan Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron malacense)
- Bornean Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron schleiermacheri)
- Palawan Peacock-Pheasant, (Polyplectron emphanum)
- Himalayan Monal, (Lophophorus impejanus)
- Sclater's Monal, (Lophophorus sclateri)
- Chinese Monal, (Lophophorus lhuysii)
- Crested Argus, (Rheinartia ocellata)
- Great Argus, (Argusianus argus)
- Double-banded Argus, (Argusianus bipunctatus)
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- Green Peafowl, (Pavo muticus)
- Congo Peacock, (Afropavo congensis)
- Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix
- Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica
- Stubble Quail, Coturnix pectoralis
- †New Zealand Quail, Coturnix novaezelandiae
- Rain Quail, Coturnix coromandelica
- Harlequin Quail, Coturnix delegorguei
- †Canary Islands Quail, Coturnix gomerae (fossil)
- Brown Quail, Coturnix ypsilophora
- Blue Quail, Coturnix adansonii
- King Quail, Coturnix chinensis
- Snow Mountains Quail, Anurophasis monorthonyx
- Jungle Bush Quail, Perdicula asiatica
- Rock Bush Quail, Perdicula argoondah
- Painted Bush Quail, Perdicula erythrorhyncha
- Manipur Bush Quail, Perdicula manipurensis
- Himalayan Quail, Ophrysia superciliosa (critically endangered/extinct)
Above: Elliot's pheasant, Syrmaticus ellioti (photo by Jan Harteman)
Turkey (Meleagridinae)
- Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
- Ocellated Turkey, Meleagris ocellata
Partridges & Francolin (Perdicinae)
- Stone Partridge, Ptilopachus petrosus
- Nahan's Partridge, Ptilopachus nahani
- Black Francolin, Francolinus francolinus
- Painted Francolin, Francolinus pictus
- Chinese Francolin, Francolinus pintadeanus
- Grey Francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
- Swamp Francolin, Francolinus gularis
- Coqui Francolin, Peliperdix coqui
- White-throated Francolin, Peliperdix albogularis
- Schlegel's Francolin, Peliperdix schlegelii
- Latham's Francolin, Peliperdix lathami
- Crested Francolin, Dendroperdix sephaena
- Ring-necked Francolin, Scleroptila streptophorus
- Finsch's Francolin, Scleroptila finschi
- Red-winged Francolin, Scleroptila levaillantii
- Grey-winged Francolin, Scleroptila africanus
- Moorland Francolin, Scleroptila psilolaemus
- Shelley's Francolin, Scleroptila shelleyi
- Orange River Francolin, Scleroptila levaillantoides
- Scaly Francolin, Pternistis squamatus
- Ahanta Francolin, Pternistis ahantensis
- Grey-striped Francolin, Pternistis griseostriatus
- Hartlaub's Francolin, Pternistis hartlaubi
- Double-spurred Francolin, Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Heuglin's Francolin, Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Clapperton's Francolin, Pternistis clappertoni
- Harwood's Francolin, Pternistis harwoodi
- Hildebrandt's Francolin, Pternistis hildebrandti
- Jackson's Francolin, Pternistis jacksoni
- Handsome Francolin, Pternistis nobilis
- Mount Cameroon Francolin, Pternistis camerunensis
- Swierstra's Francolin, Pternistis swierstrai
- Chestnut-naped Francolin, Pternistis castaneicollis
- Erckel's Francolin, Pternistis erckelii
- Djibouti Francolin, Pternistis ochropectus
- Red-billed Spurfowl, Pternistis adspersus
- Cape Spurfowl, Pternistis capensis
- Natal Spurfowl, Pternistis natalensis
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Pternistis leucoscepus
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl, Pternistis rufopictus
- Red-necked Spurfowl, Pternistis afer
- Swainson's Spurfowl, Pternistis swainsonii
- Snow Partridge, Lerwa lerwa
- Verreaux's Monal-Partridge, Tetraophasis obscurus
- Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge, Tetraophasis szechenyii
- Arabian Partridge, Alectoris melanocephala
- Przevalski's Partridge, Alectoris magna
- Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca
- Chukar, Alectoris chukar
- Philby's Partridge, Alectoris philbyi
- Barbary Partridge, Alectoris barbara
- Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa
- See-see Partridge, Ammoperdix griseogularis
- Sand Partridge, Ammoperdix heyi
- Grey Partridge, Perdix perdix
- Daurian Partridge, Perdix dauurica
- Tibetan Partridge, Perdix hodgsoniae
- Long-billed Partridge, Rhizothera longirostris
- Madagascar Partridge, Margaroperdix madagascarensis
- Black Wood-partridge, Melanoperdix nigra
- Rubeho Forest Partridge, Xenoperdix obscuratus
- Udzungwa Forest Partridge, Xenoperdix udzungwensis
- Hill Partridge, Arborophila torqueola
- Sichuan Partridge, Arborophila rufipectus
- Chestnut-breasted Partridge, Arborophila mandellii
- White-necklaced Partridge, Arborophila gingica
- Rufous-throated Partridge, Arborophila rufogularis
- White-cheeked Partridge, Arborophila atrogularis
- Taiwan Partridge, Arborophila crudigularis
- Hainan Partridge, Arborophila ardens
- Chestnut-bellied Partridge, Arborophila javanica
- Grey-breasted Partridge, Arborophila orientalis
- Bar-backed Partridge, Arborophila brunneopectus
- Orange-necked Partridge, Arborophila davidi
- Chestnut-headed Partridge, Arborophila cambodiana
- Red-breasted Partridge, Arborophila hyperythra
- Red-billed Partridge, Arborophila rubrirostris
- Scaly-breasted Partridge, Arborophila chloropus
- Chestnut-necklaced Partridge, Arborophila charltonii
- Sumatran Partridge, Arborophila sumatrana
- Vietnam Partridge, Arborophila merlini
- Ferruginous Partridge, Caloperdix oculea
- Crimson-headed Partridge, Haematortyx sanguiniceps
- Crested Partridge, Rollulus roulroul
- Mountain Bamboo Partridge, Bambusicola fytchii
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Bambusicola thoracica
Grouse (Tetraoninae)
- Siberian Grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis
- Spruce Grouse, Falcipennis canadensis
- Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus
- Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus
- Willow Ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus
- Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
- White-tailed Ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura
- Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix
- Caucasian Grouse, Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
- Western Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus
- Black-billed Capercaillie, Tetrao parvirostris
- Hazel Grouse, Tetrastes bonasia
- Chinese Grouse, Tetrastes sewerzowi
- Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus
- Sage Grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus
- Gunnison Grouse, Centrocercus minimus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido
- Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus