-
nested within Phasianidae, so they are now
included in the
present family.
Phasianids are terrestrial. They
range in
weight from 43 g (1.5 oz) in the case of...
-
Tologuica is an
extinct genus of
phasianid bird. The
remains of both
species belonging to the genus, T.
aurorae and T. kar****, were
discovered in Middle...
- of England) †Amitabha (Bridger
middle Eocene of
Forbidden City, USA) –
phasianid? †"Palaeorallus"
alienus (middle
Oligocene of Tatal-Gol, Mongolia) †Anisolornis...
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grouse is
sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "partridge", an
unrelated phasianid, and
occasionally confused with the grey partridge, a bird of open areas...
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Lophogallus is a
genus of
prehistoric phasianid which is
known from the
Oshin Formation during the
middle Miocene. It is
known from the
holotype humerus...
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inhabited Mongolia, and may have
given rise to the
oldest of the true
phasianids, such as
blood pheasants and
eared pheasants,
which evolved into high-altitude...
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Centuriavis is an
extinct genus of
phasianid landfowl from the
Miocene of Nebraska.
Known from a well
preserved and
articulated skeleton preserving the...
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courtship displays. The
habit of
tragopans to nest in
trees is
unique among phasianids. The
genus Tragopan was
introduced by the
French naturalist Georges Cuvier...
- ago. It
lived from the
early Eocene to the
early Pliocene, and may be a
phasianid or odontophorid. It is
known from
several fossils found in Germany, France...
- and Pavoninae, and in many
cases are more
closely related to
smaller phasianids, grouse, and
turkey (formerly
classified in Perdicinae, Tetraoninae, and...
