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nested within Phasianidae, so they are now
included in the
present family.
Phasianids are terrestrial. They
range in
weight from 43 g (1.5 oz) in the case of...
-
courtship displays. The
habit of
tragopans to nest in
trees is
unique among phasianids. The
genus Tragopan was
introduced by the
French naturalist Georges Cuvier...
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inhabited Mongolia, and may have
given rise to the
oldest of the true
phasianids, such as
blood pheasants and
eared pheasants,
which evolved into high-altitude...
- and Pavoninae, and in many
cases are more
closely related to
smaller phasianids, grouse, and
turkey (formerly
classified in Perdicinae, Tetraoninae, and...
-
determined except that they are
apparently avian in origin.
Modern genera of
phasianids start appearing around the Oligocene-Miocene boundary,
roughly 25–20 Mya...
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grouse is
sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "partridge", an
unrelated phasianid, and
occasionally confused with the grey partridge, a bird of open areas...
-
found in China. Zelenkov, N. V.; Kurochkin, E. N. (2010-05-01). "Neogene
phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of
Central Asia: 3.
Genera Lophogallus gen. nov. and...
-
phasianid,
speculated to be
related to Tologuica, is also
known from the same locality. Zelenkov, N. V.; Kurochkin, E. N. (2008). "Neogene
Phasianids...
-
Extinct in the wild (EW): 5
species Critically endangered (CR): 223
species Endangered (EN): 460
species Vulnerable (VU): 798
species Near threatened...
- China)
Genus Amitabha (Bridger
middle Eocene of
Forbidden City, USA) –
phasianid?
Genus Palaeocrex (Early
Oligocene of
Trigonias Quarry, USA)
Genus Rupelrallus...
