Phasianidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Pangalloanserae Cladus: Galloanseres Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Meleagridinae – Perdicinae – Phasianinae – Tetraoninae
Genera: Afropavo – Alectoris – Ammoperdix – Arborophila – Argusianus – Bambusicola – Bonasa – Caloperdix – Campocolinus – Canachites – Catreus – Centrocercus – Chrysolophus – Coturnix – Crossoptilon – Dendragapus – Falcipennis – Francolinus – Galloperdix – Gallus – Haematortyx – Ithaginis – Lagopus – Lerwa – Lophophorus – Lophura – Lyrurus – Margaroperdix – Melanoperdix – Meleagris – †Ophrysia – Ortygornis – Pavo – Peliperdix – Perdicula – Perdix – Phasianus – Polyplectron – Pternistis – Pucrasia – Rheinardia – Rhizothera – Rollulus – Scleroptila – Synoicus – Syrmaticus – Tetrao – Tetraogallus – Tetraophasis – Tetrastes – Tragopan – Tropicoperdix – Tympanuchus – Xenoperdix

Genera synonymized: Anurophasis – Excalfactoria – into Synoicus; Dendroperdix – into Ortygornis

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Phasianidae Horsfield, 1821

Typus: Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

Horsfield, T. 1821. Systematic Arrangement and Description of Birds from the Island of Java. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1)13: 133–200. BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00061.x Reference page. p. 185

Additional references

Seabrook-Davison, M., Huynen, L., Lambert, D.M. & Brunton, D.H. 2009. Ancient DNA resolves identity and phylogeny of New Zealand’s extinct and living quail (Coturnix sp.). PLOS ONE 4(7): e6400. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006400 Reference page.
Kimball, R.T., St. Mary, C.M. & Braun, E.L. 2011. A Macroevolutionary Perspective on Multiple Sexual Traits in the Phasianidae (Galliformes). International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 11: 423938. DOI: 10.4061/2011/423938 Reference page.
Kan, X.-Z., et al. 2010. Phylogeny of major lineages of galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes) based on complete mitochondrial genomes. Genet. Mol. Res. 9 (3): 1625-1633 DOI: 10.4238/vol9-3gmr898
Shen, Y.Y., et al. 2010. A mitogenomic perspective on the ancient, rapid radiation in the Galliformes with an emphasis on the Phasianidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 132 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-132
Hosner, P.A., et al. 2016. Avoiding Missing Data Biases in Phylogenomic Inference: An Empirical Study in the Landfowl (Aves: Galliformes). Mol. Biol. Evol. 33 (4): 1110–1125 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv347.
Chen, D., Liu, Y., Davison, G.W.H., Dong, L., Chang, J., Gao, S., Li, S-H. & Zhang, Z-W. 2015. Revival of the genus Tropicoperdix Blyth 1859 (Phasianidae, Aves) using multilocus sequence data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1175(2): 429–438 DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12273 Reference page.
Hosner, P.A., Tobias, J.A., Braun, E.L. & Kimball, R.T. 2017. How do seemingly non-vagile clades accomplish trans-marine dispersal? Trait and dispersal evolution in the landfowl (Aves: Galliformes). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284 (1854): 20170210 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0210 Reference page.
Chen, D., Braun, E.L., Forthman, M., Kimball, R.T. & Zhang, Z-W. 2018. A simple strategy for recovering ultraconserved elements, exons, and introns from low coverage shotgun sequencing of museum specimens: Placement of the partridge genus Tropicoperdix within the Galliformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129: 304–314 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.005 Reference page.
Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of African spurfowls Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Coturnicini: Pternistis spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(2): 145–172. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1584925 ResearchGate Reference page.
Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Little, R.M., Crowe, T.M. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2019b. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of ‘true’ francolins: Galliformes, Phasianidae, Phasianinae, Gallini; Francolinus, Ortygornis, Afrocolinus gen. nov., Peliperdix and Scleroptila spp. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 90(3): 191–221. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2019.1632954 ResearchGate Reference page.
Kimball, R.T., Hosner, P.A. & Braun, E.L. 2021. A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 158: 107091. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091 Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Фазанавыя
Deutsch: Fasanenartige
Esperanto: Fazanedoj
suomi: Aitokanat
Nordfriisk: Fasaanen
hrvatski: Fazanke
日本語: キジ科
lietuvių: Fazaniniai
македонски: Фазани
Nederlands: Fazantachtigen
norsk: Fasanfamilien
polski: Kurowate
русский: Фазановые
svenska: Fälthöns
ไทย: ไก่ฟ้า
Türkçe: Sülüngiller
українська: Фазанові
walon: Famile ås faizans
中文: 雉科

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