Gallini (bird)

Gallini
Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Pavoninae
Tribe:	Gallini Brehm, 1831
Genera
Bambusicola Gallus Peliperdix Ortygornis Francolinus Campocolinus Scleroptila

Gallini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Pavoninae. It includes the bamboo partridges, francolins and junglefowl (including the chicken). Members of this tribe are found in both Asia and tropical Africa. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and has been accepted by the International Ornithological Congress.^[1][2][3]

Species[]

Subtribe	Image	Genus	Living species
Gallina		Bambusicola	Mountain bamboo partridge, Bambusicola fytchii Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus Taiwan bamboo partridge, Bambusicola sonorivox
		Gallus	Green junglefowl, Gallus varius Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus Domestic chicken, G. g. domesticus Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii Sri Lanka junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii
Francolinina		Peliperdix	Latham's francolin, Peliperdix lathami
		Ortygornis	Crested francolin, Ortygornis sephaena Grey francolin, Ortygornis pondicerianus Swamp francolin, Ortygornis gularis
		Francolinus	Chinese francolin, Francolinus pintadeanus Black francolin, Francolinus francolinus Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
		Campocolinus	Coqui francolin, Campocolinus coqui White-throated francolin, Campocolinus albogularis Schlegel's francolin, Campocolinus schlegelii
		Scleroptila	Ring-necked francolin, Scleroptila streptophora Red-winged francolin, Scleroptila levaillantii Finsch's francolin, Scleroptila finschi Moorland francolin, Scleroptila psilolaema Grey-winged francolin, Scleroptila afra Orange River francolin, Scleroptila gutturalis Shelley's francolin, Scleroptila shelleyi Elgon francolin, Scleroptila elgonensis

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