Phasianidae

Thesaurus

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Phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges family Phasianidae bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Galliformes, order Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins genus Gallus, Gallus - common domestic birds and related forms phasianid - a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae genus Phasianus, Phasianus - type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants genus Afropavo - Congo peafowl Argusianus, genus Argusianus - argus pheasants Chrysolophus, genus Chrysolophus - golden pheasants Colinus, genus Colinus - New World quail: the bobwhites Coturnix, genus Coturnix - Old World quail genus Lophophorus, Lophophorus - monals genus Odontophorus, Odontophorus - genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family genus Pavo, Pavo - peafowl genus Lofortyx, Lofortyx - California quail genus Tragopan - a genus of Phasianidae Perdicidae, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicidae, subfamily Perdicinae - Old World partridges Numididae, Numidinae, subfamily Numididae, subfamily Numidinae - guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar