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 |
|---|---|---|
| African Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii (J. Verreaux & É. Verreaux, 1851) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snow Mountain QuailSynoicus monorthonyx (van Oort, 1910) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc, 1792) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elliot's PheasantSyrmaticus ellioti (Swinhoe, 1872) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-tailed PheasantSyrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mikado PheasantSyrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii (J. E. Gray, 1829) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Copper PheasantSyrmaticus soemmerringii (Temminck, 1830) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-billed CapercaillieTetrao urogalloides Middendorff, 1853 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Altai SnowcockTetraogallus altaicus (Gebler, 1836) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caspian SnowcockTetraogallus caspius (S. G. Gmelin, 1784) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian SnowcockTetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan SnowcockTetraogallus himalayensis G. R. Gray, 1843 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tibetan SnowcockTetraogallus tibetanus Gould, 1854 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-throated PartridgeTetraophasis obscurus (J. Verreaux, 1869) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-throated PartridgeTetraophasis szechenyii Madarász, 1885 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese GrouseTetrastes sewerzowi Przewalski, 1876 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Satyr TragopanTragopan satyra (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-necklaced Hill PartridgeTropicoperdix charltonii (Eyton, 1845) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Prairie ChickenTympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Prairie ChickenTympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873) | 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.