Galloperdix

Galloperdix
	Red spurfowl
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Tribe:	Polyplectronini
Genus:	Galloperdix; Blyth, 1845
Type species
	Galloperdix lunulata;
Species
	Red spurfowl,; Galloperdix spadicea; Painted spurfowl,; Galloperdix lunulata; Sri Lanka spurfowl,; Galloperdix bicalcarata;

Galloperdix is a genus of three species of birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. These terrestrial birds are restricted to the Indian Subcontinent, with the red spurfowl and painted spurfowl in forest and scrub in India, and the Sri Lanka spurfowl in forests of Sri Lanka. They share the common name "spurfowl" with the African members of the genus Pternistis.^[1]

The genus Galloperdix is a sister of the genera Polyplectron and Haematortyx.^[2]

References[]

^ Gill, F, & Donsker, D. eds. (2010). IOC World Bird Names. Version 2.7. Accessed 15 January 2011.
^ Sun, K; Meiklejohn, K. A; Faircloth, B. C; Glenn, T. C; Braun, E. L; Kimball, R. T (2014). "The evolution of peafowl and other taxa with ocelli (eyespots): A phylogenomic approach" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1790): 20140823. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0823. PMC 4123699. PMID 25030982.

This Galliformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .