Birds
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Birds (IPA: /bərd/) are group of warm-blooded reptiles constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Most birds are fully flight, some largest species were flightless for their big size, small wings for flippers or long legs for running.
Birds are closest relative of pterosaurs and crocodiles as living theropods. These are feathered theropod dinosaurs and constitute the only known living dinosaurs. These are social species pass on knowledge across generations, which is considered a form of culture.
Birds are social, communicating with visual signals, calls, and songs, and participating in such behaviours as cooperative breeding and hunting, flocking, and mobbing of predators.
List of Birds
Lithornithiformes
†Calciavis grandei
†Fissuravis weigelti
†Paracathartes howardae
†Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius
†Lithornis celetius
†Lithornis hookeri
†Lithornis nasi
†Lithornis plebius
†Lithornis promiscuus
†Lithornis vulturinus
Stonehop (Neolithornis pierropodus)
†Ancient Stonehop (Lithornis recentus)
Struthioniformes
Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
†Syrian Ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus)
Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
Reinachan Savanna Ostrich (Struthio reinachica)
Berbanian Greater Ostrich (Struthio berbanica)
Berbanian Lesser Ostrich (Struthio pseudonana)
Horsebird (Struthio equus)
†Asiatic Ostrich (Struthio asiaticus)
†East Asian ostrich (Struthio anderssoni)
†Struthio barbarus
†Short-toed ostrich (Struthio chersonensis)
†Struthio kakesiensis
†Struthio karingarabensis
†Struthio brachydactylus
†Struthio coppensi
†Struthio oldawayi
†Struthio orlovi
†Struthio wimani
†Pachystruthio pannonicus
†Pachystruthio dmanisensis
†Pachystruthio transcaucasicus
†Eogenaroides
†Galligeranoides?
†Geranodornis
†Geranoides
†Palaeophasianus
†Paragrus
†Palaeotis
†Eogrus aeola
†Eogrus crudus
†Eogrus turanicus
†Sonogrus gregalis
†Proergilornis
†Amphipelargus majori
†Amphipelargus cracrafti
†Ergilornis rapidus
†Ergilornis minor
†Sinoergilornis
†Urmiornis brodkorbi
†Urmiornis dzabghanensis
†Urmiornis maraghanus
†Urmiornis orientalis
†Urmiornis ukrainus
Aepyornithiformes (Elephant Birds)
Aepyornis hildebrandti
Aepyornis maximus
Mullerornis modestus
Apterygiformes (Kiwis)
†Proapteryx micromeros
Southern Brown kiwi, Common Kiwi, or Tokoeka (Apteryx australis)
Great Spotted Kiwi, Great Grey Kiwi or Roroa (Apteryx haastii)
Little Spotted Kiwi or Little grey Kiwi (Apteryx owenii)
Okarito Kiwi or Rowi (Apteryx rowi)
North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emus)
Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti)
†Pygmy Cassowary (Casuarius lydekkeri)
Cavern Cassowary (Casuarius troglodytes)
Plain Cassowary (Casuarius dromiaus)
Mainland Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
Rothschild's Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae rothschildi)
†Kangaroo Island Emu or Dwarf Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus)
†King Island Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)
Pascueno Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae arabica)
Queen Alexandra's Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae alexandria)
Woolly Emu (Dromaius borealis)
Volcanic Emu (Dromaius pyrophilos)
†Diogenornis fragilis
†Emuarius guljaruba
†Emuarius gidju
Rheiformes (Rheas)
Greater rhea (Rhea americana)
Darwin's rhea or Lesser rhea (Rhea pennata)
†Rhea anchorenense
†Rhea fossilis
†Rhea mesopotamica
†Rhea subpampeana
†Heterorhea dabbenei
†Hinasuri nehuensis
†Opisthodactylus patagonicus
†Opisthodactylus horacioperezi
†Opisthodactylus kirchneri
†Diogenornis fragilis
Dinornithiformes (Moa)
†North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae)
†South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus)
†Bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis)
†Eastern moa (Emeus crassus)
†Broad-billed moa (Euryapteryx curtus)
†Heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus)
†Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides)
†Crested moa (Pachyornis australis)
†Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)
Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
†Querandiornis romani
†Crypturellus reai
Barred tinamou (Crypturellus casiquiare)
Bartlett's tinamou (Crypturellus bartletti)
Berlepsch's tinamou (Crypturellus berlepschi)
Black-capped tinamou (Crypturellus atrocapillus)
Brazilian tinamou (Crypturellus strigulosus)
Brown tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
Choco tinamou (Crypturellus kerriae)
Cinereous tinamou (Crypturellus cinereus)
Grey-legged tinamou (Crypturellus duidae)
Little tinamou (Crypturellus soui)
Pale-browed tinamou (Crypturellus transfasciatus – NT
Red-legged tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus)
Rusty tinamou or Short-billed tinamou (Crypturellus brevirostris)
Slaty-breasted tinamou or Boucard's tinamou (Crypturellus boucardi)
Small-billed tinamou (Crypturellus parvirostris)
Tataupa tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa)
Tepui tinamou (Crypturellus ptaritepui)
Thicket tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus)
Undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus)
Variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus)
Yellow-legged tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus)
Highland tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei)
Hooded tinamou (Nothocercus nigrocapillus)
Tawny-breasted tinamou (Nothocercus julius)
Black tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi)
Great tinamou (Tinamus major)
Grey tinamou (Tinamus tao)
Solitary tinamou (Tinamus solitarius)
White-throated tinamou (Tinamus guttatus)
†Eudromia intermedia
†Eudromia olsoni
Elegant crested tinamou (Eudromia elegans)
Quebracho crested tinamou (Eudromia formosa)
Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii)
Brushland tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens)
Chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria)
Curve-billed tinamou (Nothoprocta curvirostris)
Ornate tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata)
Taczanowski's tinamou (Nothoprocta taczanowskii)
Chaco nothura (Nothura chacoensis)
Darwin's nothura (Nothura darwinii)
Lesser nothura (Nothura minor)
†Nothura paludosa
†Nothura parvula
Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa)
White-bellied nothura (Nothura boraquira)
Huayco tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis)
Red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens)
Dwarf tinamou or Least tinamou (Taoniscus nanus)
Patagonian tinamou or Ingouf's tinamou (Tinamotis ingoufi)
Puna tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii)
Pangalloanserae
†Asteriornis maastrichtensis
Odontopterygiformes
†Protodontopteryx
†Pseudodontornis
†"Odontoptila"
†Odontopteryx
†"Neptuniavis" minor
†"Pseudodontornis" longidentata
†"Pseudodontornis" tschulensis
†Macrodontopteryx
†Dasornis
†Argillornis
†"Lithornis" emuinus
†"Neptuniavis" miranda
†"Odontopteryx gigas" (a nomen nudum)
†"Pseudodontornis" longidentata
†Gigantornis
†Macrodontopteryx
†"Pseudodontornis" longidentata
†cf. Odontopteryx (Early Eocene of Virginia, US)
†Gigantornis
†Caspiodontornis kobystanicus
†Palaeochenoides mioceanus
†Pelagornithidae gen. et sp. indet. (Late Oligocene of South Carolina, US)
†Pelagornithidae gen. et sp. indet. (Yamaga Late Oligocene of Kitakyushu, Japan)
†Tympanonesiotes wetmorei
†Cyphornis magnus
†Orr's bony-toothed bird (Osteodontornis orri)
†Pseudodontornis stirtoni
Oceanic Rukh (Megaloactiornis thalassodromeus)
Common Diregull (Nanapelagornis sternus)
Gastornithiformes
†Gastornis parisiensis
†Gastornis gigantea
†Gastornis sarasini
†Gastornis geiselensis
†Gastornis russeli
†Gastornis xichuanensis
†Gastornis laurenti
†Brontornis burmeisteri
†Dromornis australis
†Dromornis planei
†Dromornis stirtoni
†Dromornis murrayi
†Barawertornis tedfordi
†Ilbandornis lawsoni
†Ilbandornis woodburnei
†Genyornis newtoni
Vegaviiformes
†Australornis lovei
†Maaqwi cascadensis
†Neogaeornis wetzeli
†Polarornis gregorii
†Vegavis iaai
Presbyornithidae
†Teviornis gobiensis
†Telmabates
†Headonornis
†Presbyornis pervetus
†Presbyornis recurvirostris
†Presbyornis isoni
†Wilaru tedfordi
†Wilaru prideauxi
†Zhylgaia aestiflua
Anseriformes
†Conflicto antarcticus
†Naranbulagornis
†Anachronornis
†Chaunoides antiquus
Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta)
Southern Screamer (Chauna chavaria)
Northern Screamer (Chauna torquata)
†Anserpica Mourer-Chauviré, Berthet & Hugueney 2004
Hand's Dawn Magpie Goose † (Eoanseranas handae)
†Anatalavis oxfordi
†Anatalavis rex
Australian Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
Silver Magpie-goose (Anseranas argentisquamalus)
White Swan-goose (Cygnanseranas anapodus)
Black Swan-goose (Cygnanseranas nigra)
Brown Swan-goose (Cygnanseranas thomasii)
†Paranyroca
†Romainvillia
†Saintandrea
West Indian Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arborea)
Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna guttata)
Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
†Dendrochen
†Manuherikia
†Mionetta
Freckled Duck, Monkey Duck or Oatmeal duck (Stictonetta naevosa)
†Anserobranta
†Asiavis
†“Chenopis”
†Cygnavus
†Cygnopterus
†Eremochen russelli
†Megalodytes
†Paracygnus
†Presbychen
†North Island Tarepo (Cnemiornis gracilis)
†South Island Tarepo (Cnemiornis calcitrans)
†Afrocygnus chauvireae
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba)
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
†Annaka short-winged swan (Annakacygna hajimei)
†Annakacygna yoshiiensis
†Megalodytes
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Australian Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
†New Zealand Swan, Poūwa (Cygnus sumnerensis)
†Cygnus csakvarensis
†Giant Swan (Cygnus falconeri)
†Dwarf Swan (Cygnus equitum)
†Cygnus atavus
†Cygnus lacustris
†Cygnus paloregonus
†Branta woolfendeni
†Branta thessaliensis
†Branta dickeyi
†Branta esmeralda
†Branta howardae
†Branta propinqua
†Branta hypsibata
Brant (Branta bernicla)
Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
†Giant Hawaiʻi Goose (Geochen rhuax / Branta rhuax)
†Nēnē-nui or wood-walking goose, Branta hylobadistes
Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser anser)
Domestic Greylag Goose (Anser anser domesticus)
Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides cygnoides)
Chinese Goose (Anser cygnoides domesticus)
African Goose (Anser cygnoides domesticus)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
†Australotadorna alecwilsoni
†Brantadorna
†Malagasy sheldgoose (Centrornis majori)
†Miotadorna sanctibathansi
†Catriona's Shelduck (Miotadorna catrionae)
†Nannonetta
†Pleistoanser
Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)
Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata)
†Neochen barbadiana
†Neochen debilis
†Neochen pugil
Andean Goose (Chloephaga melanoptera)
Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala)
Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps)
Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta)
Kelp Goose (Chloephaga hybrida)
Blue-winged Goose (Cyanochen cyanoptera)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
†Korean Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
†Malagasy Shelduck or Madagascar Shelduck (Alopochen sirabensis)
†Mauritius Sheldgoose (Alopochen mauritiana)
†Réunion Sheldgoose or Kervazo's Egyptian Sheldgoose (Alopochen kervazoi)
†Alopochen tarabukini
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata domestica)
Blue Duck or Whio (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos)
North Island Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos hymenolaimus)
South Island Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos. malacorhynchos)
Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola)
Flying Steamer Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus)
Fuegian Steamer Duck (Tachyeres pteneres)
Chubut Steamer Duck (Tachyeres leucocephalus)
Falkland Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)
†Dunstanetta johnstoneorum
†Lavadytis
†Pinpanetta tedfordi
†Tirarinetta
American Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
†Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi)
Australian Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)
New Zealand Musk Duck (Biziura delautouri)
Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii)
Marbled Duck, or Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
White-winged Duck or White-winged Wood Duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)
Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma)
Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)
South American Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
Brazilian Teal or Brazilian Duck (Amazonetta brasiliensis)
Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla)
Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa)
Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)
New Zealand Stiff-tailed Duck (Oxyura vantetsi)
†Anabernicula
Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
Cotton Pygmy Goose or Cotton Teal (Nettapus coromandelianus)
African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus)
Pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
†Scarlett's duck (Malacorhynchus scarletti)
Salvadori's Teal (Salvadorina waigiuensis)
Bronze-winged Duck (Speculanas specularis)
†Chendytes lawi
†Chendytes milleri
†Shiriyanetta hasegawai
†Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri)
Black Scoter or American Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Common Merganser or Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Scaly-sided Merganser or Chinese Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)
†New Zealand Merganser (Mergus australis)
†Chatham Island Merganser (Mergus milleneri)
†Matanas enrighti
Mallard or Wild Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
Domestic Duck or Domestic Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)
African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
Meller's Duck (Anas melleri)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)
Hawaiian Duck (Anas wyvilliana)
Philippine Duck or Papan (Anas luzonica)
Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi)
Cape Teal (Anas capensis)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha)
Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
Eaton's Pintail (Anas eatoni)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Yellow-billed Teal (Anas flavirostris)
Andean Teal (Anas andium)
Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons)
Andaman Teal (Anas albogularis)
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Bernier's Teal (Anas bernieri)
Brown Teal or Pāteke (Anas chlorotis)
Auckland Teal (Anas aucklandica)
Campbell Teal or Campbell Island Teal (Anas nesiotis)
Enchancian Teal (Anas enchanica)
Sawintiran Sea Teal (Ana thalassodromus)
†Mariana Mallard (Anas oustaleti)
†Mascarene Teal (Anas theodori)
†Chatham Island Duck (Anas chathamica)
†Anas sp. (Late Miocene of China)
†Anas sp. (mid-sized species from the Late Miocene of Rudabánya, Hungary)
†Anas amotape (Talara Tar Seeps Late Pleistocene of Peru)
†Anas bunkeri (Early -? Middle Pliocene – Early Pleistocene of WC USA)
†Anas cheuen (Early-Middle Pleistocene of Argentina) – Dafila?
†Anas elapsum (Chinchilla Late Pleistocene of Condamine River, Australia) ("Nettion")
†Anas ganii (Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene of Tchichmiknaia, Moldavia)
†Anas gracilipes (Late Pleistocene of Australia)
†Anas greeni (Ash Hollow Late Miocene?/Early Pliocene of South Dakota, USA)
†Anas itchtucknee
†Anas kisatibiensis [Anser kisatibiensis] (Early Pliocene of Kisatibi, Georgia)
†Anas kurochkini
†Anas lambrechti [Archaeoquerquedula lambrechti; Querquedula lambrechti; Archeoquerquedula]
†Anas ogallalae (Ogallala Late Miocene?/Early Pliocene of Kansas, USA)
†Bermuda Islands flightless duck (Anas pachyscelus) (Shore Hills Late Pleistocene of Bermuda, W Atlantic)
†Anas pullulans (Juntura Late Miocene?/Early Pliocene of Juntura, Malheur County, Oregon, USA)
†Anas schneideri (Late Pleistocene of Little Box Elder Cave, USA)
†Anas sansaniensis [Dendrocygna sansaniensis]
†Anas strenuum
Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Coues's gadwall (Mareca strepera couesi)
Falcated Duck or Falcated Teal (Mareca falcata)
Eurasian Wigeon or European Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
American Wigeon or Baldpate (Mareca americana)
Chiloé Wigeon or Southern Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
†Amsterdam Wigeon (Mareca marecula)
Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
Blue-billed Teal, Spotted Teal or Hottentot teal (Spatula hottentota)
Puna Teal (Spatula puna)
Silver Teal or Versicolor Teal (Spatula versicolor)
Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea)
Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
Cape Shoveler or Cape Shoveller (Spatula smithii)
Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis rhynchotis)
New Zealand Shoveler, New Japan Shoveller or Kuruwhengi (Spatula rhynchotis variegata)
Golden Egg Teal (Spatula aureosquamos)
Bed Shoveler (Spatula platalea)
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Ajot-klors (Aythya pseudospatula)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Redhead (Aythya americana)
Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
Hardhead (Aythya australis)
Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Madagascar Pochard, Madagascan Pochard, Fotsy Maso, Onjo (Aythya innotata)
New Zealand Scaup, Black teal, or Pāpango (Aythya novaeseelandiae)
Tufted duck or Tufted pochard (Aythya fuligula)
Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
†Garganornis ballmanni
†"Anas" albae
†"Anas" amotape
†"Anas" isarensis
†"Anas" luederitzensis
†"Anas" sanctaehelenae
†"Anas" eppelsheimensis
†"Oxyura" doksana
†"Anser" scaldii
†Ankonetta larriestrai
†Cayaoa bruneti
†Eoneornis (nomen dubium)
†Eutelornis
†Aldabranas cabri
†Chenoanas deserta
†Cygnopterus alphonsi
†Helonetta brodkorbi
†Loxornis clivus
†Mioquerquedula minutissima
†Mioquerquedula velox
†Paracygnopterus scotti
†Proanser major
†Teleornis
†Protomelanitta
†Nogusunna conflictoides
†Sharganetta mongolica
†Metopiana
†Bambolinetta lignitifila
†Heteroanser vicinus
†Sinanas diatomas
†Kauaʻi Mole Duck (Talpanas lippa)
†Wasonaka
†Turtle-jawed moa-nalo (Chelychelynechen quassus)
†Small-billed moa-nalo (Ptaiochen pau)
†Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous)
†Oʻahu moa-nalo (Thambetochen xanion)
Pangalliformes (unknown classification)
†Austinornis
Gallinuloididae
†Gallinuloides wyomingensis
†Argillipes paralectoris
†Argillipes aurorum
†Eortyx
Paraortygidae
†Paraortygoides messelensis
†Paraortygoides radagasti
†Scopelortyx klinghardtensis
Quercymegapodiidae
†Taubacrex
†Ameripodius
†Quercymegapodius
Sylviornithidae (Du)
†Megavitiornis altirostris
†Du (Sylviornis neocaledoniae)
Galliformes
†Amitabha urbsinterdictensis
†Archaealectrornis sibleyi
†Namaortyx sperrgebietensis
†Procrax brevipes
†Taoperdix pessieti
†Taoperdix keltica
†Taoperdix pessieti
†Argillipes paralectoris
†Argillipes paralectoris
†Argillipes aurorum
†Fenidiar (Coturnipes cooperi)
†Palaeophasianus
†Percolinus venablesi
†"Palaeorallus" alienus
†Anisolornis excavatus
†Palaealectoris incertus
†Sobniogallus
†Paraortygidae
†Pirortyx
†Scopelortyx
†Paraortyx
†Xorazmortyx
Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
†Lini's megapode (Mwalau walterlinii)
†Ngawupodius
Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
†Giant Malleefowl (Progura campestris)
†Progura gallinacea
Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey or gweela (Alectura lathami)
Wattled brushturkey (Aepypodius arfakianus)
Waigeo brushturkey (Aepypodius bruijnii)
Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)
Moluccan megapode (Eulipoa wallacei)
Red-billed brushturkey (Talegalla cuvieri)
Black-billed brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris)
Collared brushturkey (Talegalla jobiensis)
Orange-footed scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt)
Micronesian megapode or Micronesian scrubfowl (Megapodius laperouse)
Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii)
Nicobar megapode or Nicobar scrubfowl (Megapodius nicobariensis)
Sula megapode or Sula scrubfowl (Megapodius bernsteinii)
New Guinea scrubfowl or New Guinea megapode (Megapodius decollatus)
Vanuatu megapode or Vanuatu scrubfowl (Megapodius layardi)
Melanesian scrubfowl or Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita)
Biak scrubfowl or Biak megapode (Megapodius geelvinkianus)
Dusky megapode (Megapodius freycinet)
Tanimbar megapode or Tanimbar scrubfowl (Megapodius tenimberensis)
†Pile-builder scrubfowl (Megapodius molistructor)
†Viti Levu scrubfowl (Megapodius amissus)
Cracidae (Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows)
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)
Chestnut-headed chachalaca (Ortalis ruficeps)
Buff-browed chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris)
Yellow chachalaca (Ortalis pseudocattus)
†Ortalis tantala
†Ortalis pollicaris
†Ortalis affinis
†Ortalis phengites
Horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus)
Sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii)
Black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
Wattled guan (Aburria aburri)
Highland guan (Penelopina nigra)
White-winged guan (Penelope albipennis)
Band-tailed guan (Penelope argyrotis)
Bearded guan (Penelope barbata)
Yungas guan (Penelope bridgesi)
Red-faced guan (Penelope dabbenei)
Spix's guan (Penelope jacquacu)
White-browed guan (Penelope jacucaca)
Marail guan or Cayenne guan (Penelope marail)
Andean guan (Penelope montagnii)
Dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura)
Chestnut-bellied guan (Penelope ochrogaster)
Baudó guan (Penelope ortoni)
Cauca guan (Penelope perspicax)
White-crested guan (Penelope pileata)
Crested guan (Penelope purpurascens)
Rusty-margined guan (Penelope superciliaris)
Nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum)
Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
Horned curassow (Pauxi unicornis)
Sira curassow (Pauxi koepckeae)
Black curassow (Crax alector)
Great curassow (Crax rubra)
Blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti)
Yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni)
Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)
Red-billed curassow or red-knobbed curassow (Crax blumenbachii)
Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata)
Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu)
Crestless curassow (Mitu tomentosum)
Salvin's curassow (Mitu salvini)
Razor-billed curassow (Mitu tuberosum)
†Archaealectrornis
†Boreortalis
†Palaeonossax
Numididae (Guineafowls)
Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Domestic guineafowl (Numida meleagris var. domesticus)
Vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
Plumed guineafowl (Guttera plumifera)
Eastern crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani)
Western crested guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi)
Southern crested guineafowl (Guttera edouardi)
White-breasted guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides)
Black guineafowl (Agelastes niger)
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
Stone partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus)
Nahan's partridge (Ptilopachus nahani)
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)
Salle's quail (Cyrtonyx sallei)
California quail (Callipepla californica)
Elegant quail (Callipepla douglasii)
Terran Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii)
Berbanian Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii berbanica)
Scaled quail (Callipepla squamata)
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus)
Spot-bellied bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon)
Yucatan bobwhite or black-throated bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)
†Colinus eatoni
†Colinus suilium
†Colinus hibbardi
Banded quail (Philortyx fasciatus)
Bearded wood partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus)
Buffy-crowned wood partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys)
Long-tailed wood partridge (Dendrortyx macroura)
Mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus)
Tawny-faced quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus)
Gallidae/ Phasianidae (Pheasants, Chickens, Partridges, Peacocks, and True Quails)
Rubeho Forest Partridge (Xenoperdix obscuratus)
Udzungwa Forest Partridge (Xenoperdix udzungwensis)
Ferruginous Partridge (Caloperdix oculeus)
Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
Black Partridge (Melanoperdix niger)
Hill Partridge (Arborophila torqueola)
Sichuan Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)
Chestnut-breasted Partridge (Arborophila mandellii)
White-necklaced (or collared) Partridge (Arborophila gingica)
Rufous-throated Partridge (Arborophila rufogularis)
Red-billed Partridge (Arborophila rubrirostris)
Siamese Partridge (Arborophila diversa)
Chestnut-headed Partridge (Arborophila cambodiana)
Hainan Partridge (Arborophila ardens)
Taiwan Partridge (Arborophila crudigularis)
White-cheeked Partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)
Bar-backed Partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus)
Orange-necked Partridge (Arborophila davidi)
Red-breasted (or Bornean) Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra)
Malayan Partridge (Arborophila campbelli)
Roll's Partridge (Arborophila rolli)
Sumatran Partridge (Arborophila sumatrana)
Chestnut-bellied Partridge (Arborophila javanica)
Grey-breasted (or white-faced) Partridge (Arborophila orientalis)
Snow Partridge (Lerwa lerwa)
Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)
Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
Sclater's Monal (Lophophorus sclateri)
Chinese Monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)
Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
Blyth's Tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
Temminck's Tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
Cabot's Tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
Verreaux's Monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)
Szechenyi's Monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis)
Franklin's Grouse (Canachites canadensis franklinii)
Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
Gunnison Grouse (Centrocercus minimus)
Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
Attwater's Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)
†Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus)
Hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)
White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)
Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis)
Black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)
Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus)
Caucasian grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi)
Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
†Proagriocharis kimballensis
†Rhegminornis calobates
Long-billed partridge (Rhizothera longirostris)
Dulit partridge (Rhizothera dulitensis)
Common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
Green pheasant Phasianus versicolor
Cheer pheasant, Catreus wallichii
Reeve's pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesi
Elliot's pheasant, Syrmaticus ellioti
Mrs. Hume's pheasant, Syrmaticus humiae
Mikado pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado
Copper pheasant, Syrmaticus soemmerringi
Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus
Lady Amherst's pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae
Tibetan eared pheasant, Crossoptilon harmani
White eared pheasant, Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Brown eared pheasant, Crossoptilon mantchuricum
Blue eared pheasant, Crossoptilon auritum
Edward's pheasant, Lophura edwardsi
Swinhoe's pheasant, Lophura swinhoii
Bulwer's pheasant, Lophura bulweri
Kalij pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos
Silver pheasant, Lophura nycthemera
Imperial pheasant, Lophura imperialis
Malayan crestless fireback, Lophura erythrophthalma
Bornean crestless fireback, Lophura pyronota
Siamese fireback, Lophura diardi
Salvadori's pheasant, Lophura inornata
Hoogerwerf's pheasant, Lophura (inornata) hoogerwerfi
Crested fireback, Lophura ignita
Vietnamese crested argus, Rheinardia ocellata
Malayan crested argus, Rheinardia nigrescens
Great argus, Argusianus argus
Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis
Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus
Green peafowl, Pavo muticus
†Pavo bravardi
†Pavo aesculapii / Gallus aesculapii
Fenghuang (Sinogallus polynocolor)
Black Fenghuang (Sinogallus polynocolor nigra)
Polar Fenghuang (Sinogallus polynocolor borealis)
Zhuque (Sinogallus pyrophilios)
Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus)
Domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Great White Junglefowl / Bantai (Gallus gallus var. malalbannala)
Green junglefowl, Gallus varius
Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii
Sri Lanka junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii
Coqui francolin, Campocolinus coqui
White-throated francolin, Campocolinus albogularis
Schlegel's francolin, Campocolinus schlegelii
Mountain bamboo partridge, Bambusicola fytchii
Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus
Taiwan bamboo partridge, Bambusicola sonorivox
Latham's francolin, Peliperdix lathami
Chinese francolin, Francolinus pintadeanus
Black francolin, Francolinus francolinus
Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
Ring-necked francolin, Scleroptila streptophora
Red-winged francolin, Scleroptila levaillantii
Finsch's francolin, Scleroptila finschi
Moorland francolin, Scleroptila psilolaema
Grey-winged francolin, Scleroptila afra
Orange River francolin, Scleroptila gutturalis
Shelley's francolin, Scleroptila shelleyi
Whyte’s francolin, Scleroptila whytei
Elgon francolin, Scleroptila elgonensis
Crested francolin, Ortygornis sephaena
Grey francolin, Ortygornis pondicerianus
Swamp francolin, Ortygornis gularis
Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis)
Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense)
Bornean peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri)
Germain's peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini)
Gray peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)
Bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron chalcurum)
Mountain peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum)
†Alectoris” pliocaena
†Bantamyx
†Centuriavis lioae
†Diangallus
†"Gallus" beremendensis
†"Gallus" europaeus
†Lophogallus
†Megalocoturnix
†Miophasianus
†Palaeocryptonyx
†Palaeortyx
†Plioperdix
†Rustaviornis
†Schaubortyx
†Shandongornis
†Shanxiornis
†Tologuica