Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Phasianidae is a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, grouse, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds. The family includes 185 species divided into 54 genera.

Species in this family

• Congo Peacock Afropavo congensis
• Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
• Chukar Alectoris chukar
• Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
• Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna
• Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
• Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi
• Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
• See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
• Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
• Hainan Partridge Arborophila ardens
• White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis
• Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus
• Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana
• Malayan Partridge Arborophila campbelli
• Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis
• Orange-necked Partridge Arborophila davidi
• White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila gingica
• Red-breasted Partridge Arborophila hyperythra
• Chestnut-bellied Partridge Arborophila javanica
• Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii
• Grey-breasted Partridge Arborophila orientalis
• Roll's Partridge Arborophila rolli
• Red-billed Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris
• Sichuan Partridge Arborophila rufipectus
• Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
• Sumatran Partridge Arborophila sumatrana
• Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola
• Great Argus Argusianus argus
• Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii
• Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
• Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
• Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
• Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus
• White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis
• Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
• Schlegel's Francolin Campocolinus schlegelii
• Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis
• Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii
• Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus
• Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
• Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
• Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
• Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
• Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
• Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
• Blue Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum
• White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
• Tibetan Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani
• Brown Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum
• Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
• Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
• Siberian Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis
• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
• Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus
• Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
• Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata
• Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata
• Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
• Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
• Green Junglefowl Gallus varius
• Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps
• Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
• White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura
• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
• Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
• Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
• Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii
• Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri
• Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri
• Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi
• Edwards's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi
• Malayan Crestless Fireback Lophura erythrophthalma
• Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
• Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata
• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
• Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
• Bornean Crestless Fireback Lophura pyronota
• Malayan Crested Fireback Lophura rufa
• Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii
• Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi
• Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
• Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis
• Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger
• Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
• Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
• Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa
• Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis
• Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus
• Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Green Peafowl Pavo muticus
• Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
• Rock Bush-Quail Perdicula argoondah
• Jungle Bush-Quail Perdicula asiatica
• Painted Bush-Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
• Manipur Bush-Quail Perdicula manipurensis
• Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
• Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
• Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
• Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
• Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
• Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum
• Germain's Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron germaini
• Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum
• Hainan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron katsumatae
• Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron malacense
• Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis
• Bornean Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri
• Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
• Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
• Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
• Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
• Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
• Chestnut-naped Spurfowl Pternistis castaneicollis
• Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
• Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii
• Grey-striped Spurfowl Pternistis griseostriatus
• Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi
• Harwood's Spurfowl Pternistis harwoodi
• Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
• Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus
• Jackson's Spurfowl Pternistis jacksoni
• Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
• Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
• Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis
• Djibouti Spurfowl Pternistis ochropectus
• Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
• Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
• Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
• Swierstra's Spurfowl Pternistis swierstrai
• Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
• Malayan Crested Argus Rheinardia nigrescens
• Vietnamese Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata
• Long-billed Partridge Rhizothera longirostris
• Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
• Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
• Elgon Francolin Scleroptila elgonensis
• Finsch's Francolin Scleroptila finschi
• Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
• Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
• Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema
• Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
• Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora
• Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
• Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis
• Snow Mountain Quail Synoicus monorthonyx
• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
• Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti
• Mrs. Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae
• Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado
• Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii
• Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
• Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus
• Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius
• Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus
• Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
• Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
• Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus
• Buff-throated Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii
• Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides
• Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
• Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
• Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi
• Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii
• Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti
• Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
• Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra
• Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
• Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Tropicoperdix charltonii
• Scaly-breasted Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus
• Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
• Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
• Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
• Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
• Udzungwa Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis

Lookalikes compared

• Black Francolin vs Caspian Snowcock
• Cape Spurfowl vs Swainson's Spurfowl
• Caucasian Snowcock vs Himalayan Snowcock
• Coqui Francolin vs Shelley's Francolin
• Crested Francolin vs Harlequin Quail
• Crested Francolin vs Red-winged Francolin
• Crested Partridge vs Silver Pheasant
• Golden Pheasant vs Swinhoe's Pheasant
• Hazel Grouse vs Black Grouse
• Lesser Prairie-Chicken vs White-tailed Ptarmigan
• Mrs. Hume's Pheasant vs Siamese Fireback
• Mrs. Hume's Pheasant vs Silver Pheasant
• Natal Spurfowl vs Red-necked Spurfowl
• Natal Spurfowl vs Swainson's Spurfowl
• Orange River Francolin vs Common Quail
• Red Junglefowl vs Barbary Partridge
• Scaly Spurfowl vs Heuglin's Spurfowl
• Spruce Grouse vs Grey Peacock-Pheasant
• Spruce Grouse vs Red Junglefowl
• Swainson's Spurfowl vs Red-necked Spurfowl
• Swinhoe's Pheasant vs Green Peafowl
• Wild Turkey vs Lesser Prairie-Chicken
• Willow Ptarmigan vs Black Grouse
• Willow Ptarmigan vs Grey Partridge