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NAMES >> Index >>Pheasants & allies [Landfowl]

IOC English NameScientific NameRangeComments
       
 
ORDER GALLIFORMES
   
       
Megapodes (22)
Family Megapodiidae
   
Australian Brushturkey Alectura lathami  Gray, JE, 1831 AU : e Australia  
        A. l. purpureicollis  (Le Souef, 1898) ne Queensland  
        A. l. lathami  Gray, JE, 1831 e Australia  
Wattled Brushturkey Aepypodius arfakianus  (Salvadori, 1877) AU : New Guinea  
        A. a. arfakianus  (Salvadori, 1877) New Guinea  
        A. a. misoliensis  Ripley, 1957 Misool I.  
Waigeo Brushturkey Aepypodius bruijnii  (Oustalet, 1880) AU : Waigeo I.  
Red-billed Brushturkey Talegalla cuvieri  Lesson, 1828 AU : New Guinea  
        T. c. cuvieri  Lesson, 1828 nw New Guinea, Misool I.  
        T. c. granti  Roselaar, 1994 wc New Guinea  
Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris  Salvadori, 1877 AU : New Guinea  
        T. f. fuscirostris  Salvadori, 1877 se New Guinea  
        T. f. occidentis  White, CMN, 1938 sw New Guinea  
        T. f. aruensis  Roselaar, 1994 Aru Is., s New Guinea  
        T. f. meyeri  Roselaar, 1994 n New Guinea  
Collared Brushturkey Talegalla jobiensis  Meyer, AB, 1874 AU : New Guinea  
        T. j. jobiensis  Meyer, AB, 1874 nc New Guinea, Yapen I.  
        T. j. longicaudus  Meyer, AB, 1891 e New Guinea  
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata  Gould, 1840 AU : s Australia  
Maleo Macrocephalon maleo  Müller, S, 1846 AU : Sulawesi  
Moluccan Megapode Eulipoa wallacei  (Gray, GR, 1861) AU : Moluccas  
Tongan Megapode Megapodius pritchardii  Gray, GR, 1864 PO : Tonga  
Micronesian Megapode Megapodius laperouse  Gaimard, 1823 PO : Palau Islands, Mariana Islands  
        M. l. senex  Hartlaub, 1868 Palau Is.  
        M. l. laperouse  Gaimard, 1823 Mariana Is.  
Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis  Blyth, 1846 OR : Nicobar Islands  
        M. n. nicobariensis  Blyth, 1846 n and c Nicobar Is.  
        M. n. abbotti  Oberholser, 1919 Great and Little Nicobar Is.  
Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii  Dillwyn, 1853 OR : Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi  
        M. c. cumingii  Dillwyn, 1853 Islets off e Borneo, Balabac, Palawan, the Calamianes and Sulu Is.  
        M. c. dillwyni  Tweeddale, 1878 Luzon, Mindoro, Marinduque and nearby islands  
        M. c. pusillus  Tweeddale, 1878 w and e Visayas, w Mindanao and Basilan  
        M. c. tabon  Hachisuka, 1931 e Mindanao  
        M. c. gilbertii  Gray, GR, 1862 Sulawesi and Togian Is.  
        M. c. sanghirensis  Schlegel, 1880 Sangihe Is.  
        M. c. talautensis  Roselaar, 1994 Talaud Is.  
Sula Megapode Megapodius bernsteinii  Schlegel, 1866 AU : Sula Islands  
Tanimbar Megapode Megapodius tenimberensis  Sclater, PL, 1883 AU : Tanimbar Islands  
Dusky Megapode Megapodius freycinet  Gaimard, 1823 AU : Moluccas, New Guinea  
        M. f. quoyii  Gray, GR, 1862 n Moluccas  
        M. f. freycinet  Gaimard, 1823 Gebe, Waigeo, Misool and nearby islets  
        M. f. oustaleti  Roselaar, 1994 small islets off nw New Guinea, Batabta, Salawati  
Forsten's Megapode Megapodius forsteni  Gray, GR, 1847 AU : Moluccas  
        M. f. forsteni  Gray, GR, 1847 Seram and nearby islands  
        M. f. buruensis  Stresemann, 1914 Buru I.  
Biak Scrubfowl Megapodius geelvinkianus  Meyer, AB, 1874 AU : New Guinea ENG : Change English name of Megapodius geelvinkianus to Biak Scrubfowl (Gregory 2009)
Melanesian Megapode Megapodius eremita  Hartlaub, 1868 AU : Bismarck Archipelago to Solomon Islands  
Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi  Tristram, 1879 AU : Vanuatu  
New Guinea Scrubfowl Megapodius decollatus  Oustalet, 1878 AU : New Guinea ENG : Change English name of Megapodius decollatus to New Guinea Scrubfowl (Gregory 2009)
Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt  Dumont, 1823 AU : Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, n Australia ENG : Change English name of Megapodius reinwardt to Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Gregory 2009)
        M. r. reinwardt  Dumont, 1823 Lesser Sundas, se Moluccas, Aru Is., s and se New Guinea  
        M. r. macgillivrayi  Gray, GR, 1862 D'Entrecasteaux Is., Louisiade Arch.  
        M. r. tumulus  Gould, 1842 n Australia  
        M. r. yorki  Mathews, 1929 ne Australia  
        M. r. castanonotus  Mayr, 1938 ec Queensland (ne Australia)  
       
Chachalacas, Curassows and Guans (55)
Family Cracidae
   
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula  (Wagler, 1830) NA, MA : s Texas to nw Costa Rica  
        O. v. mccalli  Baird, SF, 1858 s Texas (USA), ne Mexico  
        O. v. vetula  (Wagler, 1830) e Mexico to nw Costa Rica  
        O. v. pallidiventris  Ridgway, 1887 n Yucatan (Mexico)  
        O. v. intermedia  Peters, JL, 1913 s Yucatan (Mexico) to Belize and Guatamala  
        O. v. deschauenseei  Bond, 1936 Utilia I. (off Honduras)  
Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps  Gray, GR, 1867 LA : Honduras to n Colombia AS : Ortalis cinereiceps is split from O.garrula (Sibley and Monroe 1990, AOU 1998)
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca Ortalis garrula  (Humboldt, 1805) SA : nw Colombia  
Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda  Jardine, 1847 SA : Colombia, Venezuela  
        O. r. ruficrissa  Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1870 n Colombia, nw Venezuela  
        O. r. ruficauda  Jardine, 1847 ne Colombia to n Venezuela, Tobago, Isla Margarita  
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera  Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1870 SA : Ecuador, Peru  
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri  Gray, GR, 1867 MA : Mexico  
West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala  (Wagler, 1830) MA : Mexico  
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis  (Wagler, 1830) SA : c  
        O. c. canicollis  (Wagler, 1830) e Bolivia, w Paraguay, n Argentina  
        O. c. pantanalensis  Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1921 e Paraguay, sw Brazil  
White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra  (Gould, 1843) MA : Mexico to Nicaragua  
Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata  (von Spix, 1825) SA : Amazonia  
        O. g. guttata  (von Spix, 1825) w Amazonia  
        O. g. subaffinis  Todd, 1932 e and ne Bolivia, adjacent Brazil  
East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan  (von Spix, 1825) SA : e Brazil AS : Ortalis araucuan is split from O. guttata (Sick 1993, 1997; Ridgely et al 2001); SACC proposal 478A pending
Scaled Chachalaca Ortalis squamata  Lesson, 1829 SA : se Brazil AS : Ortalis squamata is split from O. guttata (Sick 1993, 1997; Ridgely et al 2001); SACC proposal 478B pending
Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana  Hellmayr, 1906 SA : Colombia AS : Ortalis columbiana is split from O. guttata (Sick 1993, 1997; Ridgely et al 2001, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, SACC 439)
Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot  (Linnaeus, 1766) SA : n Amazonia  
Chestnut-headed Chachalaca Ortalis ruficeps  (Wagler, 1830) SA : nc Brazil AS : Ortalis ruficeps is split from O. motmot (Sick 1993; Ridgely et al. 2001); SACC needs proposal
Buff-browed Chachalaca Ortalis superciliaris  Gray, GR, 1867 SA : ne Brazil  
Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis  (Bonaparte, 1856) SA : Colombia, Venezuela  
        P. a. colombiana  Todd, 1912 Santa Marta Mts. (n Colombia)  
        P. a. argyrotis  (Bonaparte, 1856) n Colombia, n and w Venezuela  
Bearded Guan Penelope barbata  Chapman, 1921 SA : Ecuador, Peru  
Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni  Salvin, 1874 SA : Colombia, Ecuador  
Andean Guan Penelope montagnii  (Bonaparte, 1856) SA : Colombia to Bolivia  
        P. m. montagnii  (Bonaparte, 1856) n and c Colombia, nw Venezuela  
        P. m. atrogularis  Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 sw Colombia, w Ecuador  
        P. m. brooki  Chubb, 1917 s Colombia, e Ecuador  
        P. m. plumosa  Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 c Peru  
        P. m. sclateri  Gray, GR, 1860 c Bolivia  
Marail Guan Penelope marail  (Statius Müller, 1776) SA : n  
        P. m. jacupeba  von Spix, 1825 se Venezuela, n Brazil  
        P. m. marail  (Statius Müller, 1776) e Venezuela, the Guianas  
Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris  Temminck, 1815 SA : c,e  
        P. s. superciliaris  Temminck, 1815 nc and e Brazil  
        P. s. jacupemba  von Spix, 1825 c and s Brazil, e Bolivia  
        P. s. major  Bertoni, W, 1901 s Brazil, e Paraguay, ne Argentina  
Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei  Hellmayr & Conover, 1942 SA : se Bolivia, nw Argentina  
Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens  Wagler, 1830 LA : Mexico to nw SA  
        P. p. purpurascens  Wagler, 1830 nw and ne Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua  
        P. p. aequatorialis  Salvadori & Festa, 1900 s Honduras to nw Colombia and se Ecuador  
        P. p. brunnescens  Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 n Colombia to e Venezuela  
Cauca Guan Penelope perspicax  Bangs, 1911 SA : w Colombia  
White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis  Taczanowski, 1878 SA : nw Peru  
Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu  von Spix, 1825 SA : Amazonia  
        P. j. granti  Berlepsch, 1908 e Venezuela, Guyana  
        P. j. orienticola  Todd, 1932 se Venezuela, nw Brazil  
        P. j. jacquacu  von Spix, 1825 e Colombia to n Bolivia  
        P. j. speciosa  Todd, 1915 c and e Bolivia  
Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura  Temminck, 1815 SA : sc, se  
        P. o. bronzina  Hellmayr, 1914 e Brazil  
        P. o. obscura  Temminck, 1815 s Brazil to se Paraguay, Uruguay, ne Argentina  
        P. o. bridgesi  Gray, GR, 1860 c Bolivia to nw Argentina  
White-crested Guan Penelope pileata  Wagler, 1830 SA : nc Brazil  
Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster  Pelzeln, 1870 SA : c Brazil  
White-browed Guan Penelope jacucaca  von Spix, 1825 SA : e Brazil  
Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile  (Jacquin, 1784) SA : Trinidad ENG : Restrict English name to “Trinidad“ instead of “Common“ while other species of Pipile are recognized (SACC)
Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis  (Jacquin, 1784) SA : w Guianas to sw Brazil PL : Pipile cumanensis is a ssp of P. pipile (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001); H&M,BLI and SACC recognize as species; SACC needs proposal to lump
        P. c. cumanensis  (Jacquin, 1784) e Colombia to the Guianas, w Brazil, Peru  
        P. c. grayi  (Pelzeln, 1870) sw Brazil, se Peru, e Bolivia, ne Paraguay  
Red-throated Piping Guan Pipile cujubi  (Pelzeln, 1858) SA : nc Brazil, Amazonia PL : Pipile cujibi is a ssp of P. pipile (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001); H&M,BLI and SACC recognize as species; SACC needs proposal to lump
        P. c. cujubi  (Pelzeln, 1858) nc Brazil  
        P. c. nattereri  Reichenbach, 1861 w Brazil to ne Bolivia  
Black-fronted Piping Guan Pipile jacutinga  (von Spix, 1825) SA : se Brazil, se Paraguay AS : Pipile jacutinga is split from P. pipile (H&M,BLI and SACC)
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri  (Lesson, 1828) SA : Venezuela to Peru  
Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor  Salvin, 1867 MA : Costa Rica, Panama  
Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii  (Lesson, 1828) SA : Colombia to Bolivia  
        C. g. goudotii  (Lesson, 1828) w and c Colombia  
        C. g. sanctaemarthae  Chapman, 1912 Santa Marta Mts (ne Colombia)  
        C. g. fagani  Chubb, 1917 sw Colombia, w Ecuador  
        C. g. tschudii  Taczanowski, 1886 s Colombia, Ecuador, n Peru  
        C. g. rufiventris  (Tschudi, 1843) ec Peru  
Highland Guan Penelopina nigra  (Fraser, 1852) MA : s Mexico to Nicaragua  
Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus  Gray, GR, 1844 MA : se Mexico, Guatemala  
Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum  (von Spix, 1825) SA : w Amazonia  
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum  (von Spix, 1825) SA : n Amazonia  
Salvin's Curassow Mitu salvini  Reinhardt, 1879 SA : w Amazonia  
Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum  (von Spix, 1825) SA : Amazonia  
Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu  (Linnaeus, 1766) SA : e Brazil  
Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi  (Linnaeus, 1766) SA : Venezuela, Colombia ENG : Simpler SACC name Helmeted Curassow accords with split of Sira Curassow
        P. p. pauxi  (Linnaeus, 1766) ne Colombia to nc and w Venezuela  
        P. p. gilliardi  Wetmore & Phelps, 1943 Sierra de Perij� ( Colombia-Venezuela border)  
Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis  Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 SA : c Bolivia  
Sira Curassow Pauxi koepckeae  Weske & Terborgh, 1971 SA : Cerros del Sira (se Peru) AS : Sira Curassow is split from Horned Curassow (Gasta?aga, MacLeod, Brooks & Hennessey 2011)
Great Curassow Crax rubra  Linnaeus, 1758 LA : Mexico to Peru  
        C. r. rubra  Linnaeus, 1758 e Mexico to w Ecuador  
        C. r. griscomi  Nelson, 1926 Cozumel I. (Mexico)  
Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti  Fraser, 1852 SA : Colombia ENG : CHANGE English name of Crax alberti; Blue-knobbed is more accurate but revert to traditional name per SACC
Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni  Gray, GR, 1867 SA : Colombia, Venezuela  
Black Curassow Crax alector  Linnaeus, 1766 SA : n Amazonia  
Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa  von Spix, 1825 SA : w Amazonia  
Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata  von Spix, 1825 SA : c  
        C. f. fasciolata  von Spix, 1825 c and sw Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina  
        C. f. pinima  Pelzeln, 1870 ne Brazil  
        C. f. grayi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1893 e Bolivia  
Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii  von Spix, 1825 SA : se Brazil ENG : CHANGE English name of Crax blumenbachii; Red-knobbed is more accurate but revert to traditional name per SACC
       
Guineafowl (6)
Family Numididae
   
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides  Bonaparte, 1850 AF : w  
Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger  (Cassin, 1857) AF : w,c  
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris  (Linnaeus, 1758) AF : widespread  
        N. m. sabyi  Hartert, 1919 nw Morocco  
        N. m. galeatus  Pallas, 1767 w Africa to s Chad and n Angola  
        N. m. meleagris  (Linnaeus, 1758) e Chad to w Ethiopia, n Kenya, Uganda and n DR Congo  
        N. m. somaliensis  Neumann, 1899 ne Ethiopia, Somalia  
        N. m. reichenowi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 Kenya to c Tanzania  
        N. m. mitratus  (Pallas, 1764) Tanzania to Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana  
        N. m. marungensis  Schalow, 1884 s DR Congo to w Angola and Zambia  
        N. m. papillosus  Reichenow, 1894 Botswana, Namibia  
        N. m. coronatus  Gurney, 1868 e South Africa  
Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera  (Cassin, 1857) AF : wc  
        G. p. plumifera  (Cassin, 1857) s Cameroon to n Angola  
        G. p. schubotzi  Reichenow, 1912 n and e DR Congo  
Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani  (Hartlaub, 1861) AF : w, c, e, se  
        G. p. pucherani  (Hartlaub, 1861) sw Somalia to c Tanzania, Zanzibar, Tumbatu I.  
        G. p. verreauxi  (Elliot, 1870) Guinea-Bissau to w Kenya, Zambia and Angola  
        G. p. sclateri  Reichenow, 1898 nw Cameroon  
        G. p. barbata  Ghigi, 1905 se Tanzania to n Mozambique and Malawi  
        G. p. edouardi  (Hartlaub, 1867) e Zambia to s Mozambique and South Africa  
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum  (Hardwicke, 1834) AF : e  
       
New World Quail (34)
Family Odontophoridae
   
Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF : w  
        P. p. petrosus  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) Gambia to Cameroon  
        P. p. brehmi  Neumann, 1908 s Chad to c Sudan  
        P. p. major  Neumann, 1908 n Ethiopia  
        P. p. florentiae  Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 s Sudan and s Ethiopia to ne DR Congo, n Uganda and c Kenya  
Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani  (Dubois, AJC, 1905) AF : c ENG : Change English name of Ptilopachus nahani to Nahan‘s Partridge with assignment to Odontophoridae
Bearded Wood Partridge Dendrortyx barbatus  Gould, 1846 MA : c Mexico  
Long-tailed Wood Partridge Dendrortyx macroura  (Jardine & Selby, 1828) MA : c Mexico  
        D. m. macroura  (Jardine & Selby, 1828) ec Mexico  
        D. m. griseipectus  Nelson, 1897 c Mexico  
        D. m. diversus  Friedmann, 1943 nw Jalisco (wc Mexico)  
        D. m. striatus  Nelson, 1897 wc Mexico  
        D. m. inesperatus  Phillips, AR, 1966 sc Mexico  
        D. m. oaxacae  Nelson, 1897 w Oaxaca (sc Mexico)  
Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys  (Gould, 1844) MA : s Mexico to Costa Rica  
        D. l. leucophrys  (Gould, 1844) s Mexico to Nicaragua  
        D. l. hypospodius  Salvin, 1896 n Costa Rica  
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus  (Douglas, 1829) NA, MA : sw Canada to Baja California  
        O. p. pictus  (Douglas, 1829) sw Washington to nw California (nw USA)  
        O. p. plumifer  (Gould, 1837) Oregan, ne California, w Nevada (nw USA)  
        O. p. russelli  Miller, AH, 1946 Little San Bernadino Mts, California. (sw USA)  
        O. p. eremophilus  van Rossem, 1937 s California (sw USA)  
        O. p. confinis  Anthony, 1889 n Baja California (Mexico)  
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata  (Vigors, 1830) NA, MA : sw US, nc Mexico  
        C. s. pallida  Brewster, 1881 sw USA, nw Mexico  
        C. s. hargravei  Rea, 1973 sc USA  
        C. s. castanogastris  Brewster, 1883 s Texas (USA), ne Mexico  
        C. s. squamata  (Vigors, 1830) n and nc Mexico  
Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii  (Vigors, 1829) MA : w Mexico  
        C. d. douglasii  (Vigors, 1829) Sinaloa, nw Durango (nw Mexico)  
        C. d. bensoni  Ridgway, 1887 Sonora, c Chihuahua (nw Mexico)  
        C. d. teres  (Friedmann, 1943) Nayartie, Jalisco (wc Mexico)  
California Quail Callipepla californica  (Shaw, 1798) NA, MA : sw Canada to Baja California  
        C. c. brunnescens  (Ridgway, 1884) sw Oregon to c California (wc USA)  
        C. c. canfieldae  (van Rossem, 1939) ec California (wc USA)  
        C. c. californica  (Shaw, 1798) e Oregon (USA) to nw Mexico  
        C. c. catalinensis  (Grinnell, 1906) Santa Catalina I. (USA)  
        C. c. achrustera  (Peters, JL, 1923) s Baja California (nw Mexico)  
Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii  (Gambel, 1843) NA, MA : sw US, nw Mexico  
        C. g. gambelii  (Gambel, 1843) sw United States, nw Mexico  
        C. g. fulvipectus  Nelson, 1899 Sonora (w Mexico)  
Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus  (Gould, 1844) MA : c Mexico  
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus  (Linnaeus, 1758) NA, MA : ec, se USA, e Mexico  
        C. v. virginianus  (Linnaeus, 1758) s and e USA  
        C. v. floridanus  (Coues, 1872) Florida (se United States), Bahama Is.  
        C. v. insulanus †  Howe, 1904 Key West, Florida (USA)  
        C. v. cubanensis  (Gray, GR, 1846) Cuba  
        C. v. taylori  Lincoln, 1915 c USA  
        C. v. ridgwayi  Brewster, 1885 Sonora (n Mexico)  
        C. v. texanus  (Lawrence, 1853) sw Texas (sc USA) to Coahuila, Nuevo-León and Tamaulipas (n Mexico)  
        C. v. maculatus  Nelson, 1899 ec and c Mexico  
        C. v. aridus  Aldrich, 1942 ne Mexico  
        C. v. graysoni  (Lawrence, 1867) wc Mexico  
        C. v. nigripectus  Nelson, 1897 e Mexico  
        C. v. pectoralis  (Gould, 1843) c Veracruz (se Mexico)  
        C. v. godmani  Nelson, 1897 e Veracruz (se Mexico)  
        C. v. minor  Nelson, 1901 Tabasco, ne Chiapas (se Mexico)  
        C. v. insignis  Nelson, 1897 se Chiapas (s Mexico), nw Guatemala  
        C. v. salvini  Nelson, 1897 s Chiapas (s Mexico)  
        C. v. coyolcos  (Statius Müller, 1776) e Oaxaca, n Chiapas (s Mexico)  
        C. v. thayeri  Bangs & Peters, JL, 1928 ne Oaxaca (s Mexico)  
        C. v. harrisoni  Orr & Webster, JD, 1968 sw Oaxaca (s Mexico)  
        C. v. atriceps  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1893) w Oaxaca (s Mexico)  
Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis  (Gould, 1843) MA : se Mexico to Honduras  
        C. n. caboti  van Tyne & Trautman, 1941 Campeche (se Mexico)  
        C. n. persiccus  van Tyne & Trautman, 1941 n Yucatan (se Mexico)  
        C. n. nigrogularis  (Gould, 1843) Belize, n Guatemala  
        C. n. segoviensis  Ridgway, 1888 e Honduras, ne Guatemala  
Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon  (Lesson, 1842) MA : Guatemala to Costa Rica  
        C. l. incanus  Friedmann, 1944 s Guatemala  
        C. l. hypoleucus  (Gould, 1860) w El Salvador, w Guatemala  
        C. l. leucopogon  (Lesson, 1842) se El Salvador, w Honduras  
        C. l. leylandi  (Moore, TJ, 1859) nw Honduras  
        C. l. sclateri  (Bonaparte, 1856) sw and c Honduras, nw Nicaragua  
        C. l. dickeyi  Conover, 1932 nw and c Costa Rica  
Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus  (Linnaeus, 1766) LA : Costa Rica through n SA  
        C. c. mariae  Wetmore, 1962 sw Costa Rica, Chiriqui (nw Panama)  
        C. c. panamensis  Dickey & van Rossem, 1930 sw Panama  
        C. c. decoratus  (Todd, 1917) n Colombia  
        C. c. littoralis  (Todd, 1917) Santa Marta foothills (ne Colombia)  
        C. c. cristatus  (Linnaeus, 1766) ne Colombia, nw Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao  
        C. c. horvathi  (Madarász, 1904) Merida Mts. (nw Venezuela)  
        C. c. barnesi  Gilliard, 1940 wc Venezuela  
        C. c. sonnini  (Temminck, 1815) nc Venezuela, the Guianas, n Brazil  
        C. c. mocquerysi  (Hartert, 1894) ne Venezuela  
        C. c. leucotis  (Gould, 1844) Magdalena Valley (nc Colombia)  
        C. c. badius  Conover, 1938 wc Colombia  
        C. c. bogotensis  Dugand, 1943 nc Colombia  
        C. c. parvicristatus  (Gould, 1843) ec Colombia, sc Venezuela  
Marbled Wood Quail Odontophorus gujanensis  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) LA : Costa Rica to e Bolivia  
        O. g. castigatus  Bangs, 1901 sw Costa Rica, nw Panama  
        O. g. marmoratus  (Gould, 1843) e Panama, n Colombia, nw Venezuela  
        O. g. medius  Chapman, 1929 s Venezuela, nw Brazil  
        O. g. gujanensis  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) se Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, n Paraguay  
        O. g. buckleyi  Chubb, 1919 s and e Colombia, e Ecuador, n Peru  
        O. g. rufogularis  Blake, 1959 ne Peru  
        O. g. pachyrhynchus  Tschudi, 1844 ec Peru, w Bolivia  
        O. g. simonsi  Chubb, 1919 n and e Bolivia  
Spot-winged Wood Quail Odontophorus capueira  (von Spix, 1825) SA : e, se  
Black-eared Wood Quail Odontophorus melanotis  Salvin, 1865 MA : Honduras to Panama  
        O. m. verecundus  Peters, JL, 1929 n Honduras  
        O. m. melanotis  Salvin, 1865 se Honduras to Panama  
Rufous-fronted Wood Quail Odontophorus erythrops  Gould, 1859 SA : w Colombia, w Ecuador  
        O. e. parambae  Rothschild, 1897 w Colombia, w Ecuador  
        O. e. erythrops  Gould, 1859 sw Ecuador  
Black-fronted Wood Quail Odontophorus atrifrons  Allen, JA, 1900 SA : ne Colombia, nw Venezuela  
        O. a. atrifrons  Allen, JA, 1900 Santa Marta Mts (ne Colombia)  
        O. a. variegatus  Todd, 1919 ne Colombia  
        O. a. navai  Aveledo & Pons, 1952 Sierra de Perijá(ne Colombia, nw Venezuela)  
Chestnut Wood Quail Odontophorus hyperythrus  Gould, 1858 SA : Colombia  
Dark-backed Wood Quail Odontophorus melanonotus  Gould, 1861 SA : sw Colombia, nw Ecuador  
Rufous-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus speciosus  Tschudi, 1843 SA : w Amazonia  
        O. s. soderstromii  Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1922 e and s Ecuador  
        O. s. speciosus  Tschudi, 1843 ec Peru  
        O. s. loricatus  Todd, 1932 se Peru, e Bolivia  
Tacarcuna Wood Quail Odontophorus dialeucos  Wetmore, 1963 LA : e Panama, nw Colombia  
Gorgeted Wood Quail Odontophorus strophium  (Gould, 1844) SA : Colombia  
Venezuelan Wood Quail Odontophorus columbianus  Gould, 1850 SA : nc Venezuela  
Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus  Salvin, 1867 MA : Costa Rica, Panama  
Stripe-faced Wood Quail Odontophorus balliviani  Gould, 1846 SA : se Peru, nw Bolivia  
Starred Wood Quail Odontophorus stellatus  (Gould, 1843) SA : w Amazonia  
Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus  (Gould, 1838) MA : s Mexico to Panama  
Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus  (Gambel, 1848) MA : c Mexico to Honduras  
        D. t. pettingilli  Warner & Harrell, 1957 se San Luis Potosí and sw Tamaulipas (ec Mexico)  
        D. t. thoracicus  (Gambel, 1848) ne Puebla and c Veracruz, ec Mexico (ec Mexico)  
        D. t. sharpei  Nelson, 1903 Yucatan Pen. (se Mexico) to n Guatemala  
        D. t. paynteri  Warner & Harrell, 1955 s Quintana Roo (se Mexico)  
        D. t. devius  Nelson, 1898 Jalisco (w Mexico)  
        D. t. melodus  Warner & Harrell, 1957 Guerrero (sw Mexico)  
        D. t. chiapensis  Nelson, 1898 c Chiapas (s Mexico)  
        D. t. dolichonyx  Warner & Harrell, 1957 s Chiapas (s Mexico)  
        D. t. salvadoranus  Dickey & van Rossem, 1928 El Salvador  
        D. t. fuscus  Conover, 1937 c Honduras  
        D. t. conoveri  Warner & Harrell, 1957 e Honduras  
Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae  (Vigors, 1830) NA, MA : sw US, Mexico  
        C. m. mearnsi  Nelson, 1900 sw USA, n and Coahuila (n Mexico)  
        C. m. montezumae  (Vigors, 1830) c Mexico  
        C. m. merriami  Nelson, 1897 Mt. Orizaba (ec Mexico)  
        C. m. rowleyi  Phillips, AR, 1966 Oaxaca (s Mexico)  
        C. m. sallei  Verreaux, J, 1859 Michoacán, Guerrero (sw Mexico)  
Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus  (Gould, 1837) MA : sw Mexico to Nicaragua  
Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus  (Salvin, 1876) LA : Honduras to Ecuador  
        R. c. pudibundus  Peters, JL, 1929 ne Honduras, e and nc Nicaragua  
        R. c. cinctus  (Salvin, 1876) s Nicaragua to Panama  
        R. c. australis  Chapman, 1915 w Colombia, nw Ecuador  
       
Pheasants and allies (182)
Family Phasianidae
   
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo  Linnaeus, 1758 NA, MA : s Canada, USA, n Mexico  
        M. g. silvestris  Vieillot, 1817 s Canada, c and e USA  
        M. g. osceola  Scott, 1890 Florida (USA)  
        M. g. intermedia  Sennett, 1879 n Texas to ec Mexico  
        M. g. mexicana  Gould, 1856 nw and nc Mexico  
        M. g. merriami  Nelson, 1900 w USA  
        M. g. gallopavo  Linnaeus, 1758 s Mexico  
Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata  Cuvier, 1820 MA : se Mexico, Belize, Guatemala  
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus  (Linnaeus, 1766) NA : Alaska, Canada, n USA  
        B. u. yukonensis  Grinnell, 1916 Alaska (USA), nw Canada  
        B. u. umbelloides  (Douglas, 1829) se Alaska (USA) thru c Canada  
        B. u. labradorensis  Ouellet, 1991 Labrador Pen. (Canada)  
        B. u. castanea  Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943 Olympic Pen. (USA)  
        B. u. affinis  Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943 British Columbia (Canada) to c Oregon USA)  
        B. u. obscura  Todd, 1947 n Ontario (Canada)  
        B. u. sabini  (Douglas, 1829) w coast of Canada and USA  
        B. u. brunnescens  Conover, 1935 Vancouver I. (Canada)  
        B. u. togata  (Linnaeus, 1766) nc and ne USA, se Canada  
        B. u. mediana  Todd, 1940 nc USA  
        B. u. phaios  Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943 se British Columbia (Canada) to sc Idaho and e Oregon (USA)  
        B. u. incana  Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943 se Idaho to c Utah (USA)  
        B. u. monticola  Todd, 1940 c and ec USA  
        B. u. umbellus  (Linnaeus, 1766) ec USA  
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : nw, nc, ne  
        T. b. rhenanus  (Kleinschmidt, O, 1917) ne France, Luxembourg, Belgium, w Germany  
        T. b. styriacus  (von Jordans & Schiebel, 1944) Alps, s Poland to Hungary  
        T. b. schiebeli  (Kleinschmidt, O, 1943) Balkan Pen.  
        T. b. rupestris  (Brehm, CL, 1831) s Germany, Czech Rep.  
        T. b. bonasia  (Linnaeus, 1758) w and s Scandinavia and c Poland east to the Ural Mts (Russia)  
        T. b. griseonotus  Salomonsen, 1947 n Sweden  
        T. b. sibiricus  Buturlin, 1916 Siberia to the w Himalayas n Mongolia  
        T. b. kolymensis  Buturlin, 1916 e Siberia  
        T. b. amurensis  Riley, 1916 ne China to n Korea  
        T. b. yamashinai  Momiyama, 1928 Sakhalin I. (Russia)  
        T. b. vicinitas  Riley, 1915 Hokkaido (Japan)  
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi  Przewalski, 1876 EU : c China ENG : Change English name of China endemic Tetrastes sewerzowi to Chinese Grouse, the alternative and prevailing name.
        T. s. sewerzowi  Przewalski, 1876 nc China  
        T. s. secundus  Riley, 1925 sc China  
Siberian Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis  (Hartlaub, 1855) EU : ne  
Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis  (Linnaeus, 1758) NA : Alaska, Canada, n USA  
        F. c. osgoodi  (Bishop, 1900) n Alaska (USA)  
        F. c. atratus  (Grinnell, 1910) s Alaska (USA)  
        F. c. isleibi  Dickerman & Gustafson, 1996 se Alaska (USA)  
        F. c. canadensis  (Linnaeus, 1758) c Alberta to Labrador and Nova Scotia (Canada)  
        F. c. canace  (Linnaeus, 1766) se Canada and ne USA  
        F. c. franklinii  (Douglas, 1829) se Alaska to nw Wyoming and Idaho (USA)  
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus  Linnaeus, 1758 EU : nw, nc  
        T. u. cantabricus  Castroviejo, 1967 nw Spain  
        T. u. aquitanicus  Ingram, W, 1915 Pyrenees (France/Spain)  
        T. u. major  Brehm, CL, 1831 Germany and Poland to the Balkan Pen.  
        T. u. rudolfi  Dombrowski, 1912 Carpathian Mts (Ukraine and Romania)  
        T. u. volgensis  Buturlin, 1907 s and c Belarus, ec Russia  
        T. u. urogallus  Linnaeus, 1758 Scotland, Scandinavia to the White Sea (Russia)  
        T. u. kureikensis  Buturlin, 1927 nw Russia  
        T. u. uralensis  Menzbier, 1887 sw Russia  
        T. u. taczanowskii  (Stejneger, 1885) c Siberia to nw Mongolia and n Korea  
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao parvirostris  Bonaparte, 1856 EU : ne  
        T. p. parvirostris  Bonaparte, 1856 ne Asia  
        T. p. kamtschaticus  Kittlitz, 1858 Kamchatka Pen.  
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : n  
        L. t. britannicus  Witherby & Lönnberg, 1913 Scotland, Wales, n England  
        L. t. tetrix  (Linnaeus, 1758) Scandinavia to s France and n Italy, e to Siberia  
        L. t. viridanus  (Lorenz, T, 1891) sw Russia to sw Siberia and w Himalayas  
        L. t. baikalensis  (Lorenz, T, 1911) sw Siberia to n Mongolia and nw Manchuria (China)  
        L. t. mongolicus  (Lönnberg, 1904) sc Russia, w Mongolia, nw China  
        L. t. ussuriensis  (Kohts, 1911) sc Siberia and n Mongolia to nw Korea  
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi  (Taczanowski, 1875) EU : Caucasus  
Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus  (Bonaparte, 1827) NA : wc  
Gunnison Grouse Centrocercus minimus  Young, Braun, Oyler-McCance, Hupp & Quinn, 2000 NA : sw Colorado, e Utah  
Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus  (Say, 1822) NA : s Yukon to c Colorado ENG : Dendragapus obscurus renamed Dusky Grouse with split to D.fuliginosus (Sooty Grouse) (AOU 2006)
        D. o. richardsonii  (Douglas, 1829) s Yukon (Canada) to Idaho, nw Wyoming and w Montana (USA)  
        D. o. pallidus  Swarth, 1931 se British Columbia (Canada) to ne Oregon and w Wyoming (USA)  
        D. o. oreinus  Behle & Selander, 1951 e Nevada, s Idaho, w Utah (USA)  
        D. o. obscurus  (Say, 1822) Wyoming to New Mexico and Arizona (USA)  
Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus  (Ridgway, 1873) NA : se Alaska to s California AS : Dendragapus fuliginosus is split from D. obscurus (Blue=Dusky Grouse) (AOU 2006)
        D. f. sitkensis  Swarth, 1921 se Alaska (USA)  
        D. f. fuliginosus  (Ridgway, 1873) Yukon (Canada) to nw California (USA)  
        D. f. sierrae  Chapman, 1904 Washington to nc California and Nevada (USA)  
        D. f. howardi  Dickey & van Rossem, 1923 c California  
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus  (Linnaeus, 1758) NA : nc, nw  
        T. p. caurus  (Friedmann, 1943) Alaska (USA), nw Canada  
        T. p. kennicotti  (Suckley, 1861) c Northwest Territory (Canada)  
        T. p. phasianellus  (Linnaeus, 1758) c Canada  
        T. p. columbianus  (Ord, 1815) British Columbia (Canada) to w Colorado (USA)  
        T. p. hueyi †  Dickerman & Hubbard, 1994 New Mexico (USA)  
        T. p. jamesi  (Lincoln, 1917) nc Alberta (Canada) to nc USA  
        T. p. campestris  (Ridgway, 1884) c Canada to Wisconsin (USA)  
Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus  (Ridgway, 1873) NA : c USA  
Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido  (Linnaeus, 1758) NA : sc Canada to Texas  
        T. c. cupido †  (Linnaeus, 1758) e USA from Maine to Virginia  
        T. c. pinnatus  (Brewster, 1885) sc Canada to ne Texas (USA)  
        T. c. attwateri  Bendire, 1893 se Texas (USA)  
White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura  (Richardson, 1831) NA : w, nw  
        L. l. peninsularis  Chapman, 1902 sc Alaska, Yukon  
        L. l. leucura  (Richardson, 1831) w Canada  
        L. l. rainierensis  Taylor, 1920 c and s Washington (USA)  
        L. l. saxatilis  Cowan, 1939 Vancouver I. (Canada)  
        L. l. altipetens  Osgood, 1901 Rocky Mts. from Montana to New Mexico (USA)  
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta  (Montin, 1781) NA, EU : n  
        L. m. muta  (Montin, 1781) n Scandinavia to Kola Pen. (nw Russia)  
        L. m. millaisi  Hartert, 1923 Scotland  
        L. m. helvetica  (Thienemann, 1829) Alps  
        L. m. pyrenaica  Hartert, 1921 c and e Pyrenees (France/Spain)  
        L. m. pleskei  Serebrovski, 1926 n Siberia  
        L. m. nadezdae  Serebrovski, 1926 s Siberia, n Mongolia  
        L. m. gerasimovi  Red'kin, 2005 Karaginskiy Is. (Russia)  
        L. m. ridgwayi  Stejneger, 1884 Commander Is. (Russia)  
        L. m. kurilensis  Kuroda, 1924 Kuril Is. (Russia)  
        L. m. japonica  Clark, AH, 1907 Honshu (Japan)  
        L. m. evermanni  Elliot, 1896 Attu I. (w Aleutian Is., USA)  
        L. m. townsendi  Elliot, 1896 Kiska I. (w Aleutian Is.. USA)  
        L. m. gabrielsoni  Murie, 1944 Amchitka, Little Sitkin and Rat Is. (w Aleutian Is., USA)  
        L. m. sanfordi  Bent, 1912 Tanaga I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)  
        L. m. chamberlaini  Clark, AH, 1907 Adak I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)  
        L. m. atkhensis  Turner, 1882 Atka I. (wc Aleutian Is., USA)  
        L. m. yunaskensis  Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1951 Yunaska I. (c Aleutian Is.. USA)  
        L. m. nelsoni  Stejneger, 1884 Unimak and Unalaska Is. (e Aleutian Is. USA) and s Alaska  
        L. m. dixoni  Grinnell, 1909 Glacier Bay Is., se Alaska (USA)  
        L. m. rupestris  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) n North America, s Greenland  
        L. m. welchi  Brewster, 1885 Newfoundland (Canada)  
        L. m. saturata  Salomonsen, 1950 nw Greenland  
        L. m. capta  Peters, JL, 1934 ne Greenland  
        L. m. hyperborea  Sundevall, 1845 Svalbard (Norway), Franz Josef Land (Russia)  
        L. m. islandorum  (Faber, 1822) Iceland  
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus  (Linnaeus, 1758) NA, EU : n  
        L. l. scotica  (Latham, 1787) Britain, Ireland  
        L. l. variegata  Salomonsen, 1936 islets off w Norway  
        L. l. lagopus  (Linnaeus, 1758) Scandinavia, n Russia  
        L. l. rossica  Serebrovski, 1926 Baltic countries to c Russia  
        L. l. koreni  Thayer & Bangs, 1914 Siberia to Kamchatka Pen.  
        L. l. maior  Lorenz, T, 1904 n Kazakhstan, sw Siberia  
        L. l. brevirostris  Hesse, 1912 w Himalayas to s Siberia and w Mongolia  
        L. l. kozlowae  Portenko, 1931 n Mongolia, s Siberia  
        L. l. sserebrowsky  Domaniewski, 1933 ne Mongolia to se Siberia and ne China  
        L. l. okadai  Momiyama, 1928 Sakhalin I. (Russia)  
        L. l. alascensis  Swarth, 1926 Alaska (USA)  
        L. l. muriei  Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1949 Aleutian Is, Kodiak I. (USA)  
        L. l. alexandrae  Grinnell, 1909 se Alaska islands (USA), nw British Columbia (Canada)  
        L. l. leucoptera  Taverner, 1932 northern-most Canada and its arctic islands  
        L. l. alba  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) n Canada  
        L. l. ungavus  Riley, 1911 ne Canada  
        L. l. alleni  Stejneger, 1884 Newfoundland (Canada)  
Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa  (Hodgson, 1833) EU : Himalayas  
        L. l. lerwa  (Hodgson, 1833) Himalayas, s Xizang (w China)  
        L. l. major  Meinertzhagen, 1927 n Yunnan, w Sichuan (s China)  
        L. l. callipygia  Stegmann, 1938 n Sichuan, Gansu (c China)  
Verreaux's Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus  (Verreaux, J, 1869) EU : w China  
Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii  Madarász, 1885 EU : Himalayas  
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus  (Pallas, 1811) EU : Caucasus  
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius  (Gmelin, SG, 1784) EU : sw  
        T. c. tauricus  Dresser, 1876 s and e Turkey, w Armenia  
        T. c. caspius  (Gmelin, SG, 1784) c Armenia to Turkmenistan  
        T. c. semenowtianschanskii  Zarudny, 1908 Zagros Mts. (sw Iran)  
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis  Gray, GR, 1843 EU : Himalayas  
        T. h. sauricus  Potapov, 1993 Tarbagatai Mts. (e Kazakhstan, w China)  
        T. h. sewerzowi  Zarudny, 1910 Tien Shan Mts. (e Kazakhstan, w China)  
        T. h. incognitus  Zarudny, 1911 s Tajikistan, n Afghanistan  
        T. h. himalayensis  Gray, GR, 1843 e Afghanistan to nw India and w Nepal  
        T. h. grombczewskii  Bianchi, 1898 s Xinjiang (w China), n Tibet  
        T. h. koslowi  Bianchi, 1898 sw Xinjiang, n Qinghai, sw Gansu (sw China)  
Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus  Gould, 1854 EU : Himalayas  
        T. t. tschimenensis  Sushkin, 1926 Kun Lun and Altun Shan Mts ( n Tibet, nw China)  
        T. t. tibetanus  Gould, 1854 e Afghanistan to w Tibetan plateau and n India  
        T. t. aquilonifer  Meinertzhagen & Meinertzhagen, A, 1926 n Nepal to n Bhutan, ne India and sw China  
        T. t. yunnanensis  Yang & Xu, 1987 n Yunnan (sc China)  
        T. t. henrici  Oustalet, 1892 e Xizang, w Sichuan (c China)  
        T. t. przewalskii  Bianchi, 1907 Qinghai, n Sichuan, w Gansu (nc China)  
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus  (Gebler, 1836) EU : sw Siberia, w Mongolia  
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca  (Meisner, 1804) EU : s, se Europe  
        A. g. saxatilis  (Bechstein, 1805) Alps from France to w Croatia  
        A. g. graeca  (Meisner, 1804) Serbia and Albania to Greece and Bulgaria  
        A. g. orlandoi  Priolo, 1984 Italy  
        A. g. whitakeri  Schiebel, 1934 Sicily  
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar  (Gray, JE, 1830) EU : s  
        A. c. kleini  Hartert, 1925 n Greece though Bulgaria and n Turkey to the Caucasus  
        A. c. cypriotes  Hartert, 1917 Crete, Rhodes, Cyprus, sw and sc Turkey  
        A. c. kurdestanica  Meinertzhagen, 1923 se Turkey, n Syria, n Iraq to n Iran  
        A. c. sinaica  (Bonaparte, 1858) Syria to Sinai Pen. (Egypt)  
        A. c. werae  (Zarudny & Loudon, 1904) e Iraq, sw Iran  
        A. c. koroviakovi  (Zarudny, 1914) ne and e Iran to w Pakistan  
        A. c. subpallida  (Zarudny, 1914) c Turkmenistan to c Uzbekistan and n Afghanistan  
        A. c. falki  Hartert, 1917 w Uzbekistan to nc Afghanistan and w China  
        A. c. dzungarica  Sushkin, 1927 Tien Shan Mts. (e Kazakhstan, w China) to nw Mongolia  
        A. c. pallida  (Hume, 1873) w Xinjiang (w China)  
        A. c. pallescens  (Hume, 1873) ne Afghanistan to w Tibet  
        A. c. chukar  (Gray, JE, 1830) e Afghanistan to Nepal  
        A. c. potanini  Sushkin, 1927 w Mongolia, nw China  
        A. c. pubescens  (Swinhoe, 1871) ne Xinjiang ( w China) to sw Mongolia and n Ningxia (c China)  
Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna  (Przewalski, 1876) EU : nc China  
        A. m. magna  (Przewalski, 1876) n and ne Qinghai (wc China)  
        A. m. lanzhouensis  Liu, Huang & Wen, 2004 Lanzhou Basin, c Gansu nc China)  
Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi  Lowe, 1934 EU : sw Arabian Peninsula  
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara  (Bonnaterre, 1792) AF : n  
        A. b. koenigi  (Reichenow, 1899) Canary Is., nw Morocco  
        A. b. spatzi  (Reichenow, 1895) s Morocco to c and s Algeria and s Tunesia  
        A. b. barbara  (Bonnaterre, 1792) ne Morocco to n Tunesia  
        A. b. barbata  (Reichenow, 1896) ne Libya, nw Egypt  
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : sw Europe  
        A. r. rufa  (Linnaeus, 1758) Britain, France, n Italy, Corsica  
        A. r. hispanica  (Seoane, 1894) n and w Iberian Pen.  
        A. r. intercedens  (Brehm, AE, 1857) e and s Iberian Pen.  
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala  (Rüppell, 1835) EU : s Arabian Peninsula  
        A. m. melanocephala  (Rüppell, 1835) sw Arabia to sw Yemen  
        A. m. guichardi  Meinertzhagen, 1951 e Hadhramaut (e Yemen)  
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis  (Brandt, 1843) EU : sw Asia  
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi  (Temminck, 1825) EU, AF : Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, n Sudan  
        A. h. heyi  (Temminck, 1825) Sinai Pen. (Egypt), Israel and Jordan through w Saudi Arabia  
        A. h. nicolli  Hartert, 1919 ne to ec Egypt  
        A. h. cholmleyi  Ogilvie-Grant, 1897 c Egypt to n Sudan  
        A. h. intermedius  Hartert, 1917 sw Arabian Pen., s Oman  
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus  (Linnaeus, 1766) EU, OR : Asia Minor to Bangladesh  
        F. f. francolinus  (Linnaeus, 1766) Cyprus and Asia Minor south to Israel and east to Iran and Turkmenistan  
        F. f. arabistanicus  Zarudny & Harms, 1913 c and s Iraq, sw Iran  
        F. f. bogdanovi  Zarudny, 1906 s Iran, s Afghanistan, sw Pakistan  
        F. f. henrici  Bonaparte, 1856 s Pakistan, w India  
        F. f. asiae  Bonaparte, 1856 w and c India, Nepal, Bhutan  
        F. f. melanonotus  Hume, 1888 e India, Bangladesh  
Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus  (Jardine & Selby, 1828) OR : India, Sri Lanka  
        F. p. pallidus  (Gray, JE, 1831) nc India  
        F. p. pictus  (Jardine & Selby, 1828) c and s India  
        F. p. watsoni  Legge, 1880 Sri Lanka  
Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus  (Scopoli, 1786) OR : Southeast Asia  
        F. p. phayrei  (Blyth, 1843) ne India to s China and Indochina  
        F. p. pintadeanus  (Scopoli, 1786) se China  
Grey Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) EU, OR : se Iran through India, Sri Lanka  
        F. p. mecranensis  Zarudny & Harms, 1913 s Iran and s Pakistan  
        F. p. interpositus  Hartert, 1917 e Pakistan, n India, Nepal  
        F. p. pondicerianus  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) s India, Sri Lanka  
Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis  (Temminck, 1815) OR : n India and Nepal to Bangladesh  
Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami  (Hartlaub, 1854) AF : w, c  
        P. l. lathami  (Hartlaub, 1854) Sierra Leone to nw DR Congo and Angola  
        P. l. schubotzi  (Reichenow, 1912) w DR Congo to sw Sudan, w Uganda and nw Tanzania  
Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui  (Smith, A, 1836) AF : widespread  
        P. c. spinetorum  (Bates, 1928) Mauritania and Mali to n Nigeria  
        P. c. maharao  (Sclater, WL, 1927) s Ethiopia, c and e Kenya  
        P. c. hubbardi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) w and s Kenya, n Tanzania  
        P. c. coqui  (Smith, A, 1836) Gabon, DR Congo to s Kenya and Uganda, south to South Africa  
White-throated Francolin Peliperdix albogularis  (Hartlaub, 1854) AF : w, sc  
        P. a. albogularis  (Hartlaub, 1854) Senegal and Gambia to Ivory Coast  
        P. a. buckleyi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1892) e Ivory Coast to n Cameroon  
        P. a. dewittei  (Chapin, 1937) se Zaire, nw Zambia, e Angola  
Schlegel's Francolin Peliperdix schlegelii  (Heuglin, 1863) AF : c  
Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) AF : ec  
Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra  (Latham, 1790) AF : s TAX : Correct species name for Grey-winged Francolin is afra, not africana (Wolters 1975, Zoonomen, Penhallurik - World Bird Info)
Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii  (Valenciennes, 1825) AF : ec, sc, s  
        S. l. kikuyuensis  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1897) e DR Congo to wc Kenya south to Angola and Zambia  
        S. l. crawshayi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1896) n Malawi  
        S. l. levaillantii  (Valenciennes, 1825) Zimbabwe, e South Africa  
Finsch's Francolin Scleroptila finschi  (Barboza du Bocage, 1881) AF : sw  
Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1890) AF : e, se  
        S. s. uluensis  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1892) c and s Kenya, n Tanzania  
        S. s. macarthuri  (van Someren, 1938) Chyulu Hills (se Kenya)  
        S. s. shelleyi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1890) s Uganda and c Tanzania to ne South Africa  
        S. s. whytei  (Neumann, 1908) se DR Congo, Zambia, n Malawi  
        S. s. canidorsalis  (Lawson, 1963) se Zimbabwe, n South Africa, w Mozambique  
Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema  (Gray, GR, 1867) AF : e  
        S. p. psilolaema  (Gray, GR, 1867) c and s Ethiopia  
        S. p. elgonensis  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) e Uganda to c Kenya  
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis  (Rüppell, 1835) AF : ne, s  TAX: Species epithet gutturalis (Rüppell, 1835) has priority over levalliantoides(Smith, A, 1836) when the two are considered conspecific as treated here. H&M 4.
        S. g. gutturalis  (Rüppell, 1835) Eritrea, n Ethiopia  
        S. g. archeri  (Sclater, WL, 1927) s Ethiopia, se Sudan, n Uganda, nw Kenya  
        S. g. lorti  (Sharpe, 1897) n Somalia  
        S. g. jugularis  (Büttikofer, 1889) sw Angola  
        S. g. pallidior  (Neumann, 1908) n Namibia  
        S. g. levalliantoides  (Smith, A, 1836) e Namibia and s Botswana to c South Africa  TAX,PS Change frequently used spelling levaillantoides to original spelling levalliantoides. Zoonomen, H&M 4. This name has priority for Archer's Francolin if split
Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena  (Smith, A, 1836) AF : e, se  
        D. s. grantii  (Hartlaub, 1866) s Sudan and w Ethiopia to nc Tanzania  
        D. s. rovuma  (Gray, GR, 1867) e Kenya to n Mozambique  
        D. s. spilogaster  (Salvadori, 1888) e Ethiopia, Somalia, ne Kenya  
        D. s. zambesiae  (Mackworth-Praed, 1920) wc Mozambique to Namibia and s Angola  
        D. s. sephaena  (Smith, A, 1836) e Zimbabwe to se Botswana, s Mozambique and ne South Africa  
Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus  (Cassin, 1857) AF : c  
        P. s. squamatus  (Cassin, 1857) se Nigeria to DR Congo  
        P. s. schuetti  (Cabanis, 1880) e DR Congo to Uganda, c Kenya, and Ethiopia  
        P. s. maranensis  (Mearns, 1910) s Kenya, n Tanzania  
        P. s. usambarae  (Conover, 1928) ne Tanzania  
        P. s. uzungwensis  (Bangs & Loveridge, 1931) se Tanzania  
        P. s. doni  (Benson, 1939) Vipya Plateau (Malawi)  
Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis  (Temminck, 1854) AF : w  
        P. a. hopkinsoni  (Bannerman, 1934) w Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bisseau  
        P. a. ahantensis  (Temminck, 1854) s Guinea to sw Nigeria  
Grey-striped Francolin Pternistis griseostriatus  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1890) AF : Angola  
Hildebrandt's Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti  (Cabanis, 1878) AF : e, se  
        P. h. altumi  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) w Kenya  
        P. h. hildebrandti  (Cabanis, 1878) e and c Kenya, n and w Tanzania, se DR Congo and ne Zambia  
        P. h. johnstoni  (Shelley, 1894) se Tanzania, n Mozambique, Malawi  
Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus  (Linnaeus, 1766) AF : w,c  
        P. b. ayesha  (Hartert, 1917) w Morocco  
        P. b. bicalcaratus  (Linnaeus, 1766) Senegal to sw Chad  
        P. b. thornei  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1902) Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast  
        P. b. ogilviegranti  (Bannerman, 1922) s Nigeria, s Cameroon  
Heuglin's Francolin Pternistis icterorhynchus  (Heuglin, 1863) AF : c  
Clapperton's Francolin Pternistis clappertoni  (Children & Vigors, 1826) AF : c, ne  
        P. c. clappertoni  (Children & Vigors, 1826) Mali to w Sudan  
        P. c. koenigseggi  (Madarász, 1914) e Sudan  
        P. c. heuglini  (Neumann, 1907) sw and sc Sudan  
        P. c. sharpii  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1892) n and c Ethiopia, Eritrea  
        P. c. nigrosquamatus  (Neumann, 1902) e Sudan, w Ethiopia  
        P. c. gedgii  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) se Sudan to ne Uganda  
Harwood's Francolin Pternistis harwoodi  (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) AF : Ethiopia  
Swierstra's Francolin Pternistis swierstrai  (Roberts, 1929) AF : Angola  
Mount Cameroon Francolin Pternistis camerunensis  (Alexander, 1909) AF : Cameroon  
Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis  (Reichenow, 1908) AF : c  
Jackson's Francolin Pternistis jacksoni  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) AF : Kenya  
Chestnut-naped Francolin Pternistis castaneicollis  (Salvadori, 1888) AF : e  
        P. c. ogoensis  (Mackworth-Praed, 1920) n Somalia  
        P. c. castaneicollis  (Salvadori, 1888) wc to e Ethiopia  
        P. c. kaffanus  (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1934) sw Ethiopia  
        P. c. atrifrons  (Conover, 1930) s Ethiopia  
Djibouti Francolin Pternistis ochropectus  (Dorst & Jouanin, 1952) AF : Djibouti  
Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii  (Rüppell, 1835) AF : ne  
Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi  (Barboza du Bocage, 1869) AF : sw  
        P. h. hartlaubi  (Barboza du Bocage, 1869) sw Angola  
        P. h. bradfieldi  (Roberts, 1928) c and n Namibia  
        P. h. crypticus  (Stresemann, 1939) nw Namibia  
Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus  (Waterhouse, 1838) AF : sc  
        P. a. adspersus  (Waterhouse, 1838) sw Angola and nw Namibia to n Botswana  
        P. a. mesicus  Clancey, 1996 nc Namibia to nw Zimbabwe and sw Zambia  
Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) AF : South Africa  
Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis  (Smith, A, 1833) AF : se  
        P. n. neavei  (Mackworth-Praed, 1920) s Zambia, w Mozambique  
        P. n. natalensis  (Smith, A, 1833) Zimbabwe to ne South Africa  
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus  (Gray, GR, 1867) AF : e  
Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus  Reichenow, 1887 AF : nw Tanzania  
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer  (Statius Müller, 1776) AF : c, se  
        P. a. harterti  Reichenow, 1909 e DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, nw Tanzania  
        P. a. cranchii  (Leach & Koenig, KD, 1818) s DR Congo, c Angola and w Zambia to c Tanzania, w Kenya and Uganda  
        P. a. leucoparaeus  (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) se Kenya, n Tanzania  
        P. a. melanogaster  Neumann, 1898 e Tanzania to n Mozambique and ne Zambia  
        P. a. afer  (Statius Müller, 1776) w Angola, nw Namibia  
        P. a. swynnertoni  Sclater, WL, 1921 e Zimbabwe, s Mozambique  
        P. a. castaneiventer  Gunning & Roberts, 1911 s and e South Africa  
Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii  (Smith, A, 1836) AF : sc, se  
        P. s. lundazi  White, CMN, 1947 n and w Zimbabwe to s Mozambique  
        P. s. swainsonii  (Smith, A, 1836) se Angola and n Namibia, n Zambia to n South Africa  
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix  (Linnaeus, 1758) EU : w, wc  
        P. p. perdix  (Linnaeus, 1758) s Scandinavia and Britain to Bulgaria and Greece  
        P. p. armoricana  Hartert, 1917 w and s France  
        P. p. sphagnetorum  (Altum, 1894) ne Netherlands, nw Germany  
        P. p. hispaniensis  Reichenow, 1892 ne Portugal and n Spain  
        P. p. italica  Hartert, 1917 Italy  
        P. p. lucida  (Altum, 1894) Finland to the Ural Mts. and n Caucasus  
        P. p. canescens  Buturlin, 1906 Turkey to the Caucasus and nw Iran  
        P. p. robusta  Homeyer & Tancre, 1883 Ural Mts. to sw Siberia and nw China  
Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica  (Pallas, 1811) EU : c Asia  
        P. d. dauurica  (Pallas, 1811) e Kazakhstan to Mongolia and n China  
        P. d. suschkini  Poliakov, 1915 ne China, Russian Far East  
Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae  (Hodgson, 1856) EU : c Asia  
        P. h. caraganae  Meinertzhagen & Meinertzhagen, A, 1926 w Tibet  
        P. h. hodgsoniae  (Hodgson, 1856) se Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, n India  
        P. h. sifanica  Przewalski, 1876 e Tibet to wc China  
Long-billed Partridge Rhizothera longirostris  (Temminck, 1815) OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
Hose's Partridge Rhizothera dulitensis  Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 OR : n Borneo  
Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis  (Scopoli, 1786) AF : Madagascar  
Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger  (Vigors, 1829) OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
        M. n. niger  (Vigors, 1829) Malay Peninsula, Sumatra  
        M. n. borneensis  Rothschild, 1917 Borneo  
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  (Linnaeus, 1758) AF, EU : Europe and c Asia  
        C. c. coturnix  (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe and nw Africa to Mongolia and n India  
        C. c. conturbans  Hartert, 1917 Azores  
        C. c. inopinata  Hartert, 1917 Cape Verde Is.  
        C. c. africana  Temminck & Schlegel, 1849 sub-Saharan Africa, Mauritius, Comoros Is., Madagascar  
        C. c. erlangeri  Zedlitz, 1912 e and ne Africa  
Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica  Temminck & Schlegel, 1849 EU : e  
Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR : Pakistan to Sri Lanka and Burma  
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei  Delegorgue, 1847 AF : widespread  
        C. d. delegorguei  Delegorgue, 1847 Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar  
        C. d. histrionica  Hartlaub, 1849

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        C. d. arabica  Bannerman, 1929 s Arabia  
Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis  Gould, 1837 AU : se, sw Australia  
New Zealand Quail Coturnix novaezelandiae 
†  Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
AU : New Zealand EXTINCT :
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora  Bosc, 1792 AU : widespread  
        C. y. raaltenii  (Müller, S, 1842) Flores, Timor and adjacent islands (Lesser Sundas)  
        C. y. pallidior  (Hartert, 1897) Sumba and Sawu (Lesser Sundas)  
        C. y. saturatior  (Hartert, 1930) n New Guinea lowlands  
        C. y. dogwa  (Mayr & Rand, 1935) s New Guinea lowlands  
        C. y. plumbea  (Salvadori, 1894) ne New Guinea lowlands  
        C. y. monticola  (Mayr & Rand, 1935) alpine New Guinea  
        C. y. mafulu  (Mayr & Rand, 1935) montane New Guinea  
        C. y. australis  (Latham, 1802) Australia  
        C. y. ypsilophora  Bosc, 1792 Tasmania  
King Quail Excalfactoria chinensis  (Linnaeus, 1766) OR, AU : widespread  
        E. c. chinensis  (Linnaeus, 1766) India to Sri Lanka, Malay Pen., Indochina, se China and Taiwan  
        E. c. trinkutensis  Richmond, 1902 Nicobar Is.  
        E. c. palmeri  Riley, 1919 Sumatra, Java  
        E. c. lineata  (Scopoli, 1786) Philippines, Borneo, Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi, Moluccas  
        E. c. novaeguineae  Rand, 1941 montane New Guinea  
        E. c. papuensis  Mayr & Rand, 1936 se New Guinea  
        E. c. lepida  Hartlaub, 1879 Bismarck Arch.  
        E. c. australis  Gould, 1865 e Australia  
        E. c. colletti  Mathews, 1912 n Australia  
Blue Quail Excalfactoria adansonii  (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1851) AF : widespread  
Snow Mountains Quail Anurophasis monorthonyx  van Oort, 1910 AU : New Guinea  
Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica  (Latham, 1790) OR : India, Sri Lanka  
        P. a. punjaubi  Whistler, 1939 nw India  
        P. a. asiatica  (Latham, 1790) n and c India  
        P. a. vidali  Whistler & Kinnear, 1936 sw India  
        P. a. vellorei  Abdulali & Reuben, 1965 s India  
        P. a. ceylonensis  Whistler & Kinnear, 1936 Sri Lanka  
Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah  (Sykes, 1832) OR : India  
        P. a. meinertzhageni  Whistler, 1937 w and nw India  
        P. a. argoondah  (Sykes, 1832) c and se India  
        P. a. salimalii  Whistler, 1943 s India  
Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha  (Sykes, 1832) OR : India  
        P. e. blewitti  (Hume, 1874) c and se India  
        P. e. erythrorhyncha  (Sykes, 1832) sw India  
Manipur Bush Quail Perdicula manipurensis  Hume, 1881 OR : ne India, Bangladesh  
        P. m. inglisi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1909) n Bengal to n Assam (ne India)  
        P. m. manipurensis  Hume, 1881 Bangladesh to s Assam (ne India)  
Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa †  (Gray, JE, 1846) OR : n India EXTINCT :
Udzungwa Forest Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis  Dinesen, Lehmberg, Svendsen, Hansen & Fjeldsĺ, 1994 AF : Udzungwa Mountains of s Tanzania  
Rubeho Forest Partridge Xenoperdix obscurata  Fjeldsĺ & Kiure, 2003 AF : Rubeho highlands of s Tanzania  
Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola  (Valenciennes, 1825) OR : w Himalayas to nw Vietnam  
        A. t. millardi  (Baker, ECS, 1921) w Himalayas to w Nepal  
        A. t. torqueola  (Valenciennes, 1825) c and e Himalayas to n Burma and s China  
        A. t. interstincta  Ripley, 1951 s and se Assam (ne India)  
        A. t. batemani  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) w and nw Burma, s China  
        A. t. griseata  Delacour & Jabouille, 1930 nw Vietnam  
Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis  (Blyth, 1849) OR : n India to c Vietnam  
        A. r. rufogularis  (Blyth, 1849) ne India, Nepal, Bhutan, se Tibet  
        A. r. intermedia  (Blyth, 1855) ne India to n and nw Burma  
        A. r. tickelli  (Hume, 1880) e Burma to Thailand and sw Laos  
        A. r. euroa  (Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914) se Yunnan (s China) to n Laos  
        A. r. guttata  Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 c Vietnam, c Laos  
        A. r. annamensis  (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) sc Vietnam  
White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis  (Blyth, 1849) OR : ne India, Burma  
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis  (Swinhoe, 1864) OR : Taiwan  
Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii  Hume, 1874 OR : ne India to se Tibet  
Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus  (Blyth, 1855) OR : Southeast Asia  
        A. b. brunneopectus  (Blyth, 1855) sw China to e Burma, n Laos and w Thailand  
        A. b. henrici  (Oustalet, 1896) n and c Vietnam  
        A. b. albigula  (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) sc Vietnam  
Sichuan Partridge Arborophila rufipectus  Boulton, 1932 OR : sc China  
White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila gingica  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR : s China  
        A. g. gingica  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) se China  
        A. g. guangxiensis  Zhou, F & Jiang, AW, 2008 Guangxi (sc China)  
Orange-necked Partridge Arborophila davidi  Delacour, 1927 OR : s Vietnam  
Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana  Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 OR : Cambodia, Thailand  
        A. c. cambodiana  Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 Cambodia  
        A. c. chandamonyi  Eames, JC, Steinheimer & Bansok, 2002 sw Cambodia  
Siamese Partridge Arborophila diversa  Riley, 1930 OR : se Thailand  
Malaysian Partridge Arborophila campbelli  (Robinson, 1904) OR : Malaysia  
Roll's Partridge Arborophila rolli  (Rothschild, 1909) OR : Sumatra  
Sumatran Partridge Arborophila sumatrana  Ogilvie-Grant, 1891 OR : Sumatra  
Grey-breasted Partridge Arborophila orientalis  (Horsfield, 1821) OR : Java  
Chestnut-bellied Partridge Arborophila javanica  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR : Java  
        A. j. javanica  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) w and wc Java  
        A. j. lawuana  Bartels, 1938 ec Java  
Red-billed Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris  (Salvadori, 1879) OR : Sumatra  
Red-breasted Partridge Arborophila hyperythra  (Sharpe, 1879) OR : Borneo  
Hainan Partridge Arborophila ardens  (Styan, 1892) OR : Hainan  
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Arborophila charltonii  (Eyton, 1845) OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo ENG : Change English name of Arborophila charltonii from Scaly-breasted Partridge to Chestnut-necklaced Partridge to conform to current usage for charltoni sensu stricto
        A. c. charltonii  (Eyton, 1845) s Thailand and s Burma to Malay Pen.  
        A. c. atjenensis  Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 n Sumatra  
        A. c. graydoni  (Sharpe & Chubb, 1906) n Borneo  
Green-legged Partridge Arborophila chloropus  (Blyth, 1859) OR : Southeast Asia TAX : Green-legged Partridge includes subspecies tonkinensis of n Vietnam previously assigned to Scaly-breasted (=Chestnut-necklaced) Partridge (Clements 2006, Rheindt unpubl).
        A. c. chloropus  (Blyth, 1859) sw China to Burma and w Thailand  
        A. c. tonkinensis  (Delacour, 1927) n and nc Vietnam  
        A. c. cognacqi  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924) sc Vietnam  
        A. c. merlini  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924) wc Vietnam  
        A. c. vivida  (Delacour, 1926) ec Vietnam  
        A. c. peninsularis  Meyer de Schauensee, 1941 sw Thailand  
        A. c. olivacea  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928) Laos, Cambodia  
Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus  (Temminck, 1815) OR : Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
        C. o. oculeus  (Temminck, 1815) se Burma and sw Thailand to Malay Pen  
        C. o. ocellatus  (Raffles, 1822) Sumatra  
        C. o. borneensis  Ogilvie-Grant, 1892 Borneo  
Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps  Sharpe, 1879 OR : Borneo  
Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul  (Scopoli, 1786) OR : Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
Mountain Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola fytchii  Anderson, 1871 OR : ne India to Burma and sc China  
        B. f. fytchii  Anderson, 1871 Yunnan and w Sichuan (sc China) to Burma and n Vietnam  
        B. f. hopkinsoni  Godwin-Austen, 1874 ne India, Bangladesh, w Burma  
Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus  (Temminck, 1815) OR : s China, Taiwan  
        B. t. thoracicus  (Temminck, 1815) s and c China  
        B. t. sonorivox  Gould, 1863 Taiwan  
Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) OR : India, Nepal  
        G. s. spadicea  (Gmelin, JF, 1789) w Nepal, n and c India  
        G. s. caurina  Blanford, 1898 s Rajasthan (w India)  
        G. s. stewarti  Baker, ECS, 1919 c and s Kerala (s India)  
Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata  (Valenciennes, 1825) OR : India  
Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata  (Forster, JR, 1781) OR : Sri Lanka  
Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus  (Hardwicke, 1821) OR : Himalayas  
        I. c. cruentus  (Hardwicke, 1821) n Nepal, nw Bhutan, s Tibet  
        I. c. affinis  Beebe, 1912 Sikkim (ne India)  
        I. c. tibetanus  Baker, ECS, 1914 e Bhutan, se Tibet  
        I. c. kuseri  Beebe, 1912 n and e Assam (ne India), se Tibet  
        I. c. marionae  Mayr, 1941 w Yunnan (sw China), ne Burma  
        I. c. rocki  Riley, 1925 w Yunnan (sw China)  
        I. c. clarkei  Rothschild, 1920 Lichiang Moutains in nw Yunnan (sw China)  
        I. c. geoffroyi  Verreaux, J, 1867 e Tibet and sw Sichuan (w China), se Tibet  
        I. c. berezowskii  Bianchi, 1904 w and n Sichuan to s Gansu (c China)  
        I. c. beicki  Mayr & Birckhead, 1937 ne Qinghai (nc China)  
        I. c. michaelis  Bianchi, 1904 n Qinghai, Gansu (nc China)  
        I. c. sinensis  David, 1873 Shensi (c China)  
Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus  (Gray, JE, 1829) OR : Himalayas  
Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra  (Linnaeus, 1758) OR : Himalayas  
Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii  (Jerdon, 1870) OR : Himalayas  
        T. b. molesworthi  Baker, ECS, 1914 e Bhutan and s Tibet to ne Assam (ne India)  
        T. b. blythii  (Jerdon, 1870) ne India to sw China and Burma  
Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii  (Gray, JE, 1831) OR : e Himalayas to sc China  
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti  (Gould, 1857) OR : s China  
        T. c. caboti  (Gould, 1857) se China  
        T. c. guangxiensis  Cheng & Wu, 1979 Guangxi (sc China)  
Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha  (Lesson, 1829) OR : Himalayas to sc China  
        P. m. castanea  Gould, 1855 e Afghanistan, nw Pakistan  
        P. m. biddulphi  Marshall, GFL, 1879 Kashmir (n India)  
        P. m. macrolopha  (Lesson, 1829) w Himalayas  
        P. m. nipalensis  Gould, 1855 w Nepal  
        P. m. meyeri  Madarász, 1886 w Sichuan to nw Yunnan (sc China)  
        P. m. ruficollis  David & Oustalet, 1877 wc Sichuanto sw Gansu and s Shaanxi (c China)  
        P. m. xanthospila  Gray, GR, 1864 n Shaanxi and Shanxi to w Hebei (ne China)  
        P. m. joretiana  Heude, 1883 sw Anhui (ec China)  
        P. m. darwini  Swinhoe, 1872 Hubei and se Sichuan to Fujian (c China)  
Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus  (Latham, 1790) OR : Himalayas  
Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri  Jerdon, 1870 OR : e Himalayas  
        L. s. arunachalensis  Kumar & Singh, 2004 Arunachal Pradesh (ne India)  
        L. s. sclateri  Jerdon, 1870 ne India, s Tibet, n Burma  
        L. s. orientalis  Davison, GWH, 1974 ne Burma, w Yunnan (s China)  
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, A, 1866 OR : c China  
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  (Linnaeus, 1758) OR : India, Southeast Asia  
        G. g. murghi  Robinson & Kloss, 1920 n India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh  
        G. g. spadiceus  (Bonnaterre, 1792) ne India to s China, Malay Pen. and n Sumatra  
        G. g. jabouillei  Delacour & Kinnear, 1928 s China to n Vietnam and n Laos  
        G. g. gallus  (Linnaeus, 1758) s Burma through Indochina  
        G. g. bankiva  Temminck, 1813 Java  
Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii  Temminck, 1813 OR : India  
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii  Lesson, 1831 OR : Sri Lanka  
Green Junglefowl Gallus varius  (Shaw, 1798) OR : Java, Lesser Sundas  
Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos  (Latham, 1790) OR : n Pakistan to w Thailand  
        L. l. hamiltonii  (Gray, JE, 1829) n Pakistan to w Nepal  
        L. l. leucomelanos  (Latham, 1790) c Nepal  
        L. l. melanota  (Hutton, T, 1848) e Nepal to w Bhutan  
        L. l. moffitti  (Hachisuka, 1938) c Bhutan  
        L. l. lathami  (Gray, JE, 1829) e Bhutan and s Tibet to n Burma  
        L. l. williamsi  (Oates, 1898) w Burma  
        L. l. oatesi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1893) wc Burma  
        L. l. lineata  (Vigors, 1831) ec Burma, w Thailand  
        L. l. crawfurdii  (Gray, JE, 1829) se Burma, sw Thailand  
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera  (Linnaeus, 1758) OR : Southeast Asia  
        L. n. omeiensis  Cheng, Chang & Tang, 1964 c and s Sichuan (sc China)  
        L. n. rongjiangensis  Tan & Wu, 1981 se Guizhou (sc China)  
        L. n. nycthemera  (Linnaeus, 1758) Guangxi and Guangzdong (s China), ne Vietnam  
        L. n. fokiensis  Delacour, 1948 nw Fokien (se China)  
        L. n. whiteheadi  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) Hainan I. (s China)  
        L. n. occidentalis  Delacour, 1948 nw Hunnan (sw China), ne Burma  
        L. n. rufipes  (Oates, 1898) sw Hunnan (sw China), nc Burma  
        L. n. jonesi  (Oates, 1903) e Burma to s China and n Thailand  
        L. n. ripponi  (Sharpe, 1902) ec Burma  
        L. n. beaulieui  Delacour, 1948 sw Yunnan (sc China), n Laos, nw Vietnam  
        L. n. berliozi  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928) nc Vietnam  
        L. n. beli  (Oustalet, 1898) wc Vietnam  
        L. n. annamensis  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) sc Vietnam  
        L. n. lewisi  (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928) sw Cambodia, se Thailand  
        L. n. engelbachi  Delacour, 1948 s Laos  
Edwards's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi  (Oustalet, 1896) OR : c Vietnam TAX : Edwards‘s Pheasant includes Vietnamese Pheasant (L.hatinhensis), Its taxonomic status is uncertain, but species description inadequate and hypotheses re variation in Edwards‘s Pheasanat unresolved (McGowan 1994 -HBW 2/IBC, Madge & McGowan 2002, Hennache et al 2002, Penhallurick &Rheindt comments March 2012)
Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii  (Gould, 1863) OR : Taiwan  
Hoogerwerf's Pheasant Lophura hoogerwerfi  (Chasen, 1939) OR : Sumatra  
Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata  (Salvadori, 1879) OR : Sumatra  
Crestless Fireback Lophura erythrophthalma  (Raffles, 1822) OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
        L. e. erythrophthalma  (Raffles, 1822) Malay Pen., Sumatra  
        L. e. pyronota  (Gray, GR, 1841) n Borneo  
Crested Fireback Lophura ignita  (Shaw, 1798) OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
        L. i. rufa  (Raffles, 1822) Malay Pen., n and c Sumatra  
        L. i. macartneyi  (Temminck, 1813) se Sumatra  
        L. i. nobilis  (Sclater, PL, 1863) n Borneo  
        L. i. ignita  (Shaw, 1798) s Borneo  
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi  (Bonaparte, 1856) OR : Southeast Asia  
Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri  (Sharpe, 1874) OR : Borneo  
White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon  (Hodgson, 1838) OR : wc, sc China, Tibet  
        C. c. dolani  Meyer de Schauensee, 1937 se Qinghai (wc China)  
        C. c. crossoptilon  (Hodgson, 1838) se Tibet, sw China  
        C. c. lichiangense  Delacour, 1945 n Yunnan to sw Sichuan (sc China)  
        C. c. drouynii  Verreaux, J, 1868 e Tibet  
Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani  Elwes, 1881 OR : Tibet, ne India  
Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum  Swinhoe, 1863 EU : ne China  
Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum  (Pallas, 1811) EU : c China  
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii  (Hardwicke, 1827) OR : Himalayas  
Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti  (Swinhoe, 1872) OR : se China  
Mrs. Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae  (Hume, 1881) OR : ne India to n Thailand  
        S. h. humiae  (Hume, 1881) ne India, n Burma  
        S. h. burmanicus  (Oates, 1898) ne Burma to n Thailand  
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado  (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) OR : Taiwan  
Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii  (Temminck, 1830) EU : Japan  
        S. s. scintillans  (Gould, 1866) n and c Honshu  
        S. s. subrufus  (Kuroda, 1919) c and sw Honshu, sw Shikoku  
        S. s. intermedius  (Kuroda, 1919) Shikoku, se and sw Honshu  
        S. s. soemmerringii  (Temminck, 1830) n and c Kyushu  
        S. s. ijimae  (Dresser, 1902) se Kyushu  
Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii  (Gray, JE, 1829) EU : n, c China  
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus  Linnaeus, 1758 EU : c, e, also s China, Taiwan, n Vietnam  
        P. c. septentrionalis  Lorenz, T, 1889 n Caucasus (s Russia)  
        P. c. colchicus  Linnaeus, 1758 Transcaucasia (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)  
        P. c. talischensis  Lorenz, T, 1889 se Transcaucasia (Azerbaijan, nc Iran)  
        P. c. persicus  Severtsov, 1875 sw Turkmenistan, ne Iran  
        P. c. principalis  Sclater, PL, 1885 se Turkmenistan, nw Afghanistan  
        P. c. chrysomelas  Severtsov, 1875 n Turkmenistan, w Uzbekistan  
        P. c. zarudnyi  Buturlin, 1904 e Turkmenistan  
        P. c. bianchii  Buturlin, 1904 se Uzbekistan, sw Tajikistan, ne Afghanistan  
        P. c. zerafschanicus  Tarnovski, 1891 s Uzbekistan  
        P. c. turcestanicus  Lorenz, T, 1896 s Kazakhstan  
        P. c. mongolicus  Brandt, 1844 se Kazakhstan, n Kyrgyzstan  
        P. c. shawii  Elliot, 1870 w China  
        P. c. tarimensis  Pleske, 1889 Tarim Basin to Lop Nur (w China)  
        P. c. vlangalii  Przewalski, 1876 Qaidam Basin (wc China)  
        P. c. strauchi  Przewalski, 1876 ne Qinghai (c China)  
        P. c. sohokhotensis  Buturlin, 1908 e Gansu (c China)  
        P. c. satscheuensis  Pleske, 1892 w Gansu (nc China)  
        P. c. hagenbecki  Rothschild, 1901 w Mongolia  
        P. c. edzinensis  Sushkin, 1926 sc Mongolia  
        P. c. alaschanicus  Alphéraky & Bianchi, 1908 Ningxia (nc China)  
        P. c. kiangsuensis  Buturlin, 1904 ne China  
        P. c. karpowi  Buturlin, 1904 ne China to Korea  
        P. c. pallasi  Rothschild, 1903 se Siberia, ne China, ne Korea  
        P. c. suehschanensis  Bianchi, 1906 nw Sichuan, s Gansu (wc China)  
        P. c. elegans  Elliot, 1870 w Sichuan to nw Yunnan (wc China), ne Burma, e Tibet  
        P. c. decollatus  Swinhoe, 1870 c China  
        P. c. rothschildi  La Touche, 1922 se Yunnan (sc China), nw Vietnam  
        P. c. takatsukasae  Delacour, 1927 sw Guandong (s China), ne Vietnam  
        P. c. torquatus  Gmelin, JF, 1789 e China  
        P. c. formosanus  Elliot, 1870 Taiwan  
Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor  Vieillot, 1825 OR : Japan AS : Phasianus versicolor is split from P.colchicus (Dickinson 2003)
        P. v. robustipes  Kuroda, 1919 nw Honshu and Sado I.  
        P. v. tohkaidi  Momiyama, 1922 c and w Honshu, Shikoku  
        P. v. tanensis  Kuroda, 1919 s Honshu and Kyushu  
        P. v. versicolor  Vieillot, 1825 w Honshu and Kyushu  
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus  (Linnaeus, 1758) OR : c, s China  
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae  (Leadbeater, 1829) OR : ne Burma, se Tibet, sw China  
Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum  Lesson, 1831 OR : Sumatra  
        P. c. scutulatum  Chasen, 1941 n Sumatra  
        P. c. chalcurum  Lesson, 1831 s Sumatra  
Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum  (Rothschild, 1903) OR : Malay Peninsula  
Germain's Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron germaini  Elliot, 1866 OR : Vietnam  
Grey Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum  (Linnaeus, 1758) OR : Sikkim to c Vietnam  
        P. b. bakeri  Lowe, 1925 ne India, Bhutan, Bangladesh  
        P. b. bicalcaratum  (Linnaeus, 1758) Bangladesh to s China, Laos and Burma  
        P. b. ghigii  Delacour & Jabouille, 1924 c Laos, n and c Vietnam  
Hainan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron katsumatae  Rothschild, 1906 OR : Hainan Is. AS : Polyplectron katsumatae is split from genetically distinct P. bicalcaratum (Chang et al. 2008)
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron malacense  (Scopoli, 1786) OR : sw Thailand, w Malaysia  
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri  Brüggemann, 1877 OR : Borneo  
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis  Lesson, 1831 OR : Philippines  
Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata  (Elliot, 1871) OR : c Vietnam, e Laos, Malaysia  
        R. o. ocellata  (Elliot, 1871) c Vietnam, e Laos  
        R. o. nigrescens  Rothschild, 1902 c Malay Pen.  
Great Argus Argusianus argus  (Linnaeus, 1766) OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo  
        A. a. grayi  (Elliot, 1865) Borneo  
        A. a. argus  (Linnaeus, 1766) Malay Pen., Sumatra  
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus  Linnaeus, 1758 OR : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus  Linnaeus, 1766 OR : Southeast Asia  
        P. m. spicifer  Shaw, 1804 ne India and Bangladesh to w Burma  
        P. m. imperator  Delacour, 1949 e Burma to Thailand, Indochina and s China  
        P. m. muticus  Linnaeus, 1766 w Malaysia, Java  
Congo Peacock Afropavo congensis  Chapin, 1936 AF : DR Congo