Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Galliformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants etc.

Hypernyms

• (order): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Craci, Phasiani - suborders
  • Cracidae (chachalacas, guans and curassows), Megapodiidae (mound-builders), †Sylviornithidae - families in Cracini
  • Tetraonidae (grouse), Phasianidae (chickens, partridges, pheasants, quail etc), Odontophoridae (New World quail), Numididae (guineafowl), Meleagrididae (turkeys) (possibly in Phasianidae as Meleagridinae), Mesitornithidae (mesites) (possibly in a different order) - families in Phasiani
  • †Gallinuloididae, †Paraortygidae, †Quercymegapodiidae - extinct familes incertae sedis
    • †Amitabha, †Archaealectrornis, †Namaortyx, †Procrax, †Taoperdix - extinct genera incertae sedis