THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Phasianidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swinhoe's PheasantLophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian Black GrouseLyrurus mlokosiewiczi (Taczanowski, 1875) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ocellated TurkeyMeleagris ocellata Cuvier, 1820 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena (A. Smith, 1836) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common PeafowlPavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green PeafowlPavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest FrancolinPeliperdix lathami (Hartlaub, 1854) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock Bush QuailPerdicula argoondah (Sykes, 1832) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jungle Bush QuailPerdicula asiatica (Latham, 1790) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manipur Bush QuailPerdicula manipurensis Hume, 1881 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan PartridgePerdix hodgsoniae (Hodgson, 1856) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor Vieillot, 1825 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed FrancolinPternistis adspersus (Waterhouse, 1838) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-necked FrancolinPternistis afer (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ahanta FrancolinPternistis ahantensis (Temminck, 1854) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-spurred FrancolinPternistis bicalcaratus (Linnaeus, 1766) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameroon FrancolinPternistis camerunensis (Alexander, 1909) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape FrancolinPternistis capensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-naped FrancolinPternistis castaneicollis (Salvadori, 1888) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clapperton's FrancolinPternistis clappertoni (Children & Vigors, 1826) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Erckel's FrancolinPternistis erckelii (Rüppell, 1835) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-striped FrancolinPternistis griseostriatus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1890) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hartlaub's FrancolinPternistis hartlaubi (Barboza du Bocage, 1869) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harwood's FrancolinPternistis harwoodi (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hildebrandt's FrancolinPternistis hildebrandti (Cabanis, 1878) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heuglin's FrancolinPternistis icterorhynchus (Heuglin, 1863) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jackson's FrancolinPternistis jacksoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus (G. R. Gray, 1867) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Natal FrancolinPternistis natalensis (A. Smith, 1833) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Handsome FrancolinPternistis nobilis (Reichenow, 1908) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Djibouti FrancolinPternistis ochropectus (Dorst & Jouanin, 1952) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-breasted FrancolinPternistis rufopictus Reichenow, 1887 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus (Cassin, 1857) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swainson's FrancolinPternistis swainsonii (A. Smith, 1836) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swierstra's FrancolinPternistis swierstrai (Roberts, 1929) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolopha (R. Lesson, 1829) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested ArgusRheinardia ocellata (D. G. Elliot, 1871) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dulit PartridgeRhizothera dulitensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed PartridgeRhizothera longirostris (Temminck, 1815) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested PartridgeRollulus rouloul (Scopoli, 1786) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis (Rüppell, 1835) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moorland FrancolinScleroptila psilolaema (G. R. Gray, 1867) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shelley's FrancolinScleroptila shelleyi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1890) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ring-necked FrancolinScleroptila streptophora (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.