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Turkeys, Pheasants, Quails (Galliformes)
Alectura lathami
Class: Aves Australian Brush-turkey
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Alectura
Species: lathami
The Australian brush-turkey Alectura lathami, also frequently called the Scrub Turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales. It is the largest of the three Megapodiidae that occur in Australia. Despite its name, the bird is not closely related to the American turkeys.
 
Brown Quail
Class: Aves Brown Quail
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Coturnix
Species: ypsilophora
The Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophorus), also known as Swamp Quail, is an Australasian true quail of the family Phasianidae.
 
California Quail
Class: Aves California Quail
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Callipepla
Species: californica
The California Quail, Callipepla californica, also known as the California Valley Quail or Valley Quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is the state bird of California.
 
Common Pheasant
Class: Aves Common Pheasant
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Phasianus
Species: colchicus
The Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), otherwise known as the Ring-necked Pheasant or Chinese Pheasant is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. They are native to Asia but have been widely introduced elsewhere, often as a game bird. The specific epithet, colchicus, refers to Colchis, a region in the Caucasus.
 
Indian Peafowl
Class: Aves Indian Peafowl
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Pavo
Species: cristatus
The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus also known as the Common Peafowl or the Blue Peafowl is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl. The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent. The peacock is the national bird of India.
 
King Quail
Class: Aves King Quail
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Coturnix
Species: chinensis
The Asian Blue Quail, Coturnix chinensis also known as Chinese Painted Quail, King Quail or Blue-breasted Quail is in the same family as the pheasants Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.
 
Leipoa ocellata
Class: Aves Malleefowl
Order: Galliformes Vulnerable
Staus: Vulnerable
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Leipoa
Species: ocellata
The Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken (to which it is distantly related). It occupies semi-arid mallee scrub on the fringes of the relatively fertile areas of southern Australia, where it is now reduced to three separate populations: the Murray-Murrumbidgee basin, west of Spencer Gulf along the fringes of the Simpson Desert, and the semi-arid fringe of Western Australia's fertile south-west corner.
 
Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Class: Aves Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Megapodiidae
Genus: Megapodius
Species: reinwardt
The Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt is a small megapode of the family Megapodiidae.
 
Red Junglefowl
Class: Aves Red Junglefowl
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Gallus
Species: gallus
The Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus, is a tropical member of the Pheasant family and the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken. It was first raised in captivity at least 5,000 years ago in India, and the domesticated form has been taken all around the world as a very productive food source for both meat and eggs, which some breeds have been specifically developed to produce.
 
Stubble Quail
Class: Aves Stubble Quail
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Coturnix
Species: pectoralis
The Stubble Quail, Coturnix pectoralis is an Australian quail of the family Phasianidae. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the extinct New Zealand Quail. In this case, the latter species' name would have priority and the Stubble Quail would become Coturnix novaezelandiae pectoralis.
 
Wild Turkey
Class: Aves Wild Turkey
Order: Galliformes Least Concern
Staus: Least Concern
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Meleagris
Species: gallopavo
The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is one of two species of turkey, the other being the Ocellated Turkey, found in Central and South America. Adult Wild Turkeys have a small, featherless, reddish head, that can change to blue in minutes[citation needed]; a red throat in males; long reddish-orange to greyish-blue legs; and a dark-brown to black body. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles; in excited turkeys, a fleshy flap on the bill expands, becoming engorged with blood. Males have red wattles on the throat and neck. Each foot has four toes, and males have rear spurs on their lower legs.
 
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