Galliformes

Gallus +‎ -iformes

Galliformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants etc.

• (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder

• (order): Craci, Phasiani - suborders
  • Cracidae (chachalacas, guans and curassows), Megapodiidae (mound-builders), †Sylviornithidae - families in Cracini
  • Tetraonidae (grouse), Phasianidae (chickens, partridges, pheasants, quail etc), Odontophoridae (New World quail), Numididae (guineafowl), Meleagrididae (turkeys) (possibly in Phasianidae as Meleagridinae), Mesitornithidae (mesites) (possibly in a different order) - families in Phasiani
  • †Gallinuloididae, †Paraortygidae, †Quercymegapodiidae - extinct familes incertae sedis
    • †Amitabha, †Archaealectrornis, †Namaortyx, †Procrax, †Taoperdix - extinct genera incertae sedis

• Galliformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galliformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Galliformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Galliformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521