Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms. "Wildfowl" or just "fowl" are also often used for Galliformes, but usually these terms also refer to waterfowl (Anseriformes), and occasionally to other commonly hunted birds.

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