The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Galliformes

Nothocrax


Nocturnal Curassow (Nothocrax urumutum)

The range of this species extends throughout upper and middle Amazonia, from southwest Venezuela, southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northeast Peru into western and central Brazil.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Malayan Tapir


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Crax


Great Curassow (Crax rubra)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America and northwest South America, from eastern Mexico in the north to coastal western Ecuador in the south.

Two subspecies are recognised:

C. r. rubra - photo by @Maguari (male) and photo by @ro6ca66 (female)





C. r. griscomi


Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti)

The range of this species is restricted to a small handful of remnant disjunct populations in northern Colombia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Blackduiker




Yellow-knobbed Curassow (Crax daubentoni)

The range of this species extends throughout northern Venezuela and immediately-adjacent regions of northeast Colombia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive




Black Curassow (Crax alector)

The range of this species extends throughout southern and eastern Venezeula and the Guianas, west into southeast Colombia and south into Brazil north of the Amazon.

Two subspecies are recognised:

C. a. erythrognatha
C. a. alector - photo by @ro6ca66




Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)

The range of this species extends throughout central and southwest Brazil, and into eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Two subspecies are recognised:

C. f. fasciolata
C. f. grayi

Photo by @ThylacineAlive :




Belem Curassow (Crax pinima)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of northeast Brazil south of the Amazon Delta.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Wattled Curassow (Crax globulosa)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations throughout the upper Amazon Basin, from southwest Colombia in the north to northern Bolivia in the south, and into western Brazil.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Daniel Sörensen




Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii)

The range of this species is restricted to a small handful of disjunct remnant populations in coastal southeast Brazil.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur


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Mitu


Alagoas Curassow (Mitu mitu)

Now extinct in the wild; previously restricted to Alagoas in coastal northeast Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Colombia and northwest Brazil, and east into southern Venezuela and southwest Guyana.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek




Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern and central Brazil south of the Amazon, and also adjacent regions of upper Amazonia from the extreme southeast of Colombia in the north, along the eastern slope of the Andes to central Bolivia in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Zooish




Salvin's Curassow (Mitu salvini)

The range of this species is restricted to south-central Colombia and adjacent regions of eastern Ecuador and northeast Peru.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Pauxi


Horned Curassow (Pauxi unicornis)

The range of this species is restricted to a small strip of the eastern slope of the Andes in central Bolivia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur




Sira Curassow (Pauxi koepckeae)

The range of this species is restricted to a tiny area of the Cerros del Sira in the Peruvian Andes.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout western and north-central Venezuela, and also into immediately-adjacent regions of the northernmost Andes of eastern Colombia.

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. p. gilliardi
P. p. pauxi - photo by @Tomek


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NUMIDIDAE


This family comprises 8 species within 4 genera, as follows:

Numida - Helmeted Guineafowl (monotypic)

Agelastes - White-breasted and Black Guineafowl (2 species)

Acryllium - Vulturine Guineafowl (monotypic)

Guttera - Crested Guineafowls (4 species)
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Numida


Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from southwest Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea, Ethiopia and northwest Somalia in the east, and south to southeast South Africa; absent from southwest Africa and much of the Congo Basin. A disjunct population, possibly extinct, is located in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Morocco, and introduced populations - both feral and wild - are present throughout much of the world.

Nine subspecies are currently recognised:

N. m. sabyi
N. m. galeatus - photo by @ThylacineAlive



N. m. meleagris - photo by @Hix



N. m. somaliensis
N. m. reichenowi - photo by @Hix



N. m. mitratus
N. m. marungensis
N. m. papillosus
N. m. coronatus - photo by @Maguari


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Agelastes


White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides)

The range of this species extends in a patchy distribution of disjunct populations through coastal West Africa from southeast Sierra Leone to southwest Ghana.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Black Guineafowl (Agelastes niger)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the northern Congo Basin and adjacent coastal West Africa, from southeast Nigeria in the north to northern Angola in the south, and east to northern DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Acryllium


Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Horn of Africa and adjacent East Africa, from southwest Ethiopia in the west to central Somalia in the east, and south through central and eastern Kenya to northeast Tanzania in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @KevinB


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Guttera


Plumed Guineafowl (Guttera plumifera)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the northern Congo Basin and adjacent coastal West Africa, from southern Cameroon in the north to northwest Angola in the south, east to northeast DRC, and south from here throughout the Western Rift Valley to east-central DRC; a disjunct population exists in north-central Central African Republic.

Two subspecies are recognised:

G. p. plumifera
G. p. schubotzi

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Western Crested Guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout West and Central Africa, from Guinea Bissau in the west to Uganda and southwest Kenya in the east, and south to eastern Angola and northwest Zambia.

Four subspecies are recognised:

G. v. verreauxi
G. v. sclateri
G. v. schoutedeni
G. v. kathleenae

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Eastern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani)

The range of this species extends throughout East Africa from east-central Kenya in the west to southern Somalia in the east, and south to central Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Javan Rhino




Southern Crested Guineafowl (Guttera edouardi)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of eastern Africa in a number of disjunct populations; throughout southeast Tanzania; patchily in north-central Mozambique; in northern Malawi; throughout central and southern Zambia and adjacent northern Zimbabwe, extreme northern Botswana, extreme northeast Namibia and extreme southeast Angola; and throughout much of central and southern Mozambique into southeast South Africa and eastern Swaziland.

Two subspecies are recognised:

G. e. barbata
G. e. edouardi - photo by @wstefan


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ODONTOPHORIDAE


This family comprises 35 species within 10 genera, as follows:

Ptilopachus - Stone Partridge and Nahan's Partridge (2 species)

Philortyx - Banded Quail (monotypic)

Oreortyx - Mountain Quail (monotypic)

Colinus - Bobwhite Quails (4 species)

Callipepla - Scaled Quail and allies (4 species)

Dendrortyx - Wood-partridges (3 species)

Odontophorus - Wood-quails (15 species)

Rhynchortyx - Tawny-faced Quail (monotypic)

Dactylortyx - Singing Quail (monotypic)

Cyrtonyx - Montezuma Quail and allies (3 species)
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Ptilopachus


Stone Partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to southwest Sudan in the east, and south from here through South Sudan into northern Uganda and northwest Kenya; scattered disjunct populations occur patchily in northern Chad, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. p. petrosus
P. p. major

Photo by @Eagle




Nahan's Partridge (Ptilopachus nahani)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution in northeast DRC and adjacent western and central Uganda.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Philortyx


Banded Quail (Philortyx fasciatus)

The range of this species is restricted to a short coastal stretch of southwest Mexico.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Oreortyx


Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of western USA and adjacent northwest Mexico, from west-central Washington in the west to northwest Idaho in the east, and south to northern Baja California.

Four subspecies are recognised:

O. p. pictus
O. p. plumifer - photo by @Arizona Docent



O. p. russelli
O. p. confinis
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And the imminent extinction of the Mahgreb Marsh Owl - which is even more bitter given the fact that there is growing evidence this population merits distinct species status. HBW cites this population as being estimated to represent 50-140 pairs, but anecdotally I've heard suggestion that the true figure may well be as low as a few dozen individuals.

 

Colinus


Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern USA from eastern South Dakota to southern Maine in the north, and south-central Texas to Florida in the south, and south from here throughout much of eastern and southern Mexico to western Guatemala; disjunct populations exist in northwest Mexico and adjacent southeast Arizona, and on Cuba and the Isle of Pines.

Twenty-two subspecies are currently recognised, although the validity of some is debated:

C. v. marilandicus
C. v. virginianus
C. v. floridanus - photo by @Ituri



C. v. mexicanus
C. v. taylori - photo by @KCZooFan



C. v. texanus - photo by @Daniel Sörensen



C. v. maculatus
C. v. aridus
C. v. graysoni
C. v. nigripectus
C. v. cubanensis
C. v. pectoralis
C. v. godmani
C. v. minor
C. v. atriceps
C. v. thayeri
C. v. ridgwayi - photo by @Ituri



C. v. harrisoni
C. v. coyoleos
C. v. nelsoni
C. v. salvini
C. v. insignis


Black-throated Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations in Central America; in the Yucatan Peninsula of southeast Mexico; in a tiny area of northwest Guatemala; in central Belize; and in east Honduras and northeast Nicaragua.

Four subspecies are recognised:

C. n. persiccus
C. n. caboti
C. n. nigrogularis
C. n. segoviensis

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon)

The range of this species extends throughout Central America from southern Guatemala in the north to northwest and central Costa Rica in the south.

Six subspecies are recognised:

C. l. incanus
C. l. hypoleucus
C. l. leucopogon
C. l. leylandi
C. l. sclateri
C. l. dickeyi

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus)

The range of this species extends from southwest Costa Rica through Panama into northwest and central Colombia, and from here east throughout northern South America to the coastal Guianas and the extreme northeast of Brazil.

Thirteen subspecies are recognised:

C. c. mariae
C. c. panamensis
C. c. decoratus
C. c. littoralis
C. c. cristatus
C. c. badius
C. c. leucotis
C. c. bogotensis
C. c. parvicristatus
C. c. horvathi
C. c. barnesi
C. c. mocquerysi
C. c. sonnini

Photo by @Tomek


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Callipepla


Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

The range of this species extends throughout the west-central and south-central USA into northern and central Mexico.

Four subspecies are recognised:

C. s. hargravei
C. s. pallida
C. s. squamata
C. s. castanogastris

Photo by @alexkant




Elegant Quail (Callipepla douglasii)

The range of this species represents a narrow coastal strip of western Mexico, from central Sonora in the north to northwest Jalisco in the south.

Six subspecies are recognised:

C. d. bensoni - photo by @Ituri



C. d. languens
C. d. douglasii
C. d. impedita
C. d. teres
C. d. vanderbilti

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the southwest USA and immediately-adjacent regions of north-central and northwest Mexico.

Five subspecies are recognised:

C. g. gambelii - photo by @MagpieGoose



C. g. ignoscens
C. g. pembertoni
C. g. fulvipectus
C. g. stephensi


California Quail (Callipepla californica)

The range of this species extends throughout much of western North America, from southwest Canada in the north, south through western and west-central USA into Baja California. Introduced populations occur in several locations worldwide, including Hawaii, Chile and western Argentina, New Zealand and Corsica.

Eight subspecies are currently recognised:

C. c. californica - photo by @Ituri



C. c. orecta - photo by @Great Argus



C. c. brunnescens - photo by @Chlidonias



C. c. catalinensis
C. c. canfieldae
C. c. plumbea
C. c. decolorata
C. c. achrustera
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That would be very much appreciated given how speciose your galliform collection was in the early days, I suspect there's a decent chance you might be able to fill gaps elsewhere in the fullness of time. You certainly kept a few species which I have never seen, I know that for sure.

But we shall see how things go, in terms of how well-represented upcoming species already are.