Galliformes

Translingual

Etymology

Gallus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Galliformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – landfowl.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Galloanseri – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Craci, Phasiani – suborders
  • Cracidae (chachalacas, guans, and curassows), Megapodiidae (megapodes), Numididae (guinea fowl), Odontophoridae (New World quails), Phasianidae (chickens, turkeys, partridges, pheasants, Old World quails, peafowl, junglefowl, monals, francolins, and grouse) – extant families

Further reading

• Galliformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galliformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Galliformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Galliformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI