The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Galliformes

Yep, this has been a little bit of a bane for both these threads and my previous "Species We Have Lost Since 1990" photographic thread even some species relatively-common in European collections into the mid-2000s are unrepresented, or barely-so, in the gallery.

Can't be helped, unfortunately, but every so often these threads lead to some nice oddities popping up nonetheless for instance, someone joined the site a while ago in order to upload a photograph of the long-lived Shelley's Eagle Owl which was displayed at Antwerp from the mid-1960s into the early 1990s, and which was one of only about a dozen known specimens ever recorded of the species.

 

Dendrortyx


Bearded Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution in east-central Mexico.

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


Long-tailed Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx macroura)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations in central and south-central Mexico.

Six subspecies are recognised:

D. m. diversus
D. m. striatus
D. m. griseipectus
D. m. macroura
D. m. inesperatus
D. m. oaxacae

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


Buffy-crowned Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys)

The range of this species represents three disjunct populations in Central America; in southeast Mexico and throughout southern Guatemala; throughout Honduras and immediately-adjacent northwest El Salvador and southeast Guatemala; and in central Costa Rica.

Two subspecies are recognised:

D. l. leucophrys
D. l. hypospodius

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


Marbled Wood-quail (Odontophorus gujanensis)

The range of this species extends from southwest Costa Rica into northwest Colombia, and from here throughout much of northern South America east of the Andes, as far south as southwest Bolivia and northernmost Paraguay, and across much of Amazonian Brazil.

Eight subspecies are recognised:

O. g. castigatus
O. g. marmoratus
O. g. medius
O. g. gujanensis
O. g. buckleyi
O. g. rufogularis
O. g. pachyrhynchus
O. g. simonsi

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


Spot-winged Wood-quail (Odontophorus capueira)

The range of this species represents two disjunct populations; in northeast Brazil; and across eastern and southeast Brazil into northeast Argentina and eastern Paraguay.

Two subspecies are recognised:

O. c. plumbeicollis
O. c. capueira

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


Black-eared Wood-quail (Odontophorus melanotis)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America, from the Caribbean coastline of Honduras in the north to southernmost Panama in the south.

Two subspecies are recognised:

O. m. verecundus
O. m. melanotis

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


Rufous-fronted Wood-quail (Odontophorus erythrops)

The range of this species extends throughout the Pacific slope of the northern Andes, from northwest Colombia to southwest Ecuador.

Two subspecies are recognised:

O. e. parambae
O. e. erythrops

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


Black-fronted Wood-quail (Odontophorus atrifrons)

The range of this species represents a small handful of highly-fragmented and disjunct populations in the mountains of northeast Colombia and adjacent northwest Venezuela.

Three subspecies are recognised:

O. a. atrifrons
O. a. navai
O. a. variegatus

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


Chestnut Wood-quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus)

The range of this species is restricted to the western and central Andes of Colombia.

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


Dark-backed Wood-quail (Odontophorus melanonotus)

The range of this species is restricted to a short stretch of the Andes in southwest Colombia and northwest Ecuador.

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


Rufous-breasted Wood-quail (Odontophorus speciosus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Pacific slope of the Andes from southernmost Colombia in the north to central Bolivia in the south.

Three subspecies are recognised:

O. s. soderstromii
O. s. speciosus
O. s. loricatus

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


Tacarcuna Wood-quail (Odontophorus dialeucos)

The range of this species is restricted to the Tacarcuna ridge of extreme eastern Panama and adjacent northwest Colombia.

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


Gorgeted Wood-quail (Odontophorus strophium)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of the western slope of the Andes in northeast Colombia.

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


Venezuelan Wood-quail (Odontophorus columbianus)

The range of this species is restricted to a short coastal stretch of north-central Venezuela.

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


Black-breasted Wood-quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus)

The range of this species extends throughout the highlands of Costa Rica, primarily on the Caribbean slope, and into western Panama.

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


Stripe-faced Wood-quail (Odontophorus balliviani)

The range of this species is restricted to the eastern slope of the Andes in southeast Peru and western Bolivia.

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


Starred Wood-quail (Odontophorus stellatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the upper Amazon Basin, from eastern Ecuador in the north to northwest Bolivia in the south, and east into central and western Brazil south of the Amazon.

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


Spotted Wood-quail (Odontophorus guttatus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of Central America, from southern Mexico in the north to northern Nicaragua in the south; a disjunct population is present in Costa Rica and adjacent western Panama.

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


Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations; from northeast Honduras in the north to northern Costa Rica in the south; and from southeast Costa Rica in the north through the Pacific slope of the Andes to northwest Ecuador.

Three subspecies are recognised:

R. c. pudibundus
R. c. cinctus
R. c. australis

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


Singing Quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of Central America, from northeast and west-central Mexico in the north to eastern Honduras in the south.

Eleven subspecies are recognised:

D. t. devius
D. t. pettingilli
D. t. thoracicus
D. t. melodus
D. t. chiapensis
D. t. sharpei
D. t. paynteri
D. t. dolichonyx
D. t. salvadoranus
D. t. fuscus
D. t. conoveri

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


Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout northern and central Mexico, and adjacent regions of southwest and south-central USA.

Three subspecies are recognised:

C. m. mearnsi - photo by @Hix



C. m. montezumae - photo by @BeardsleyZooFan



C. m. merriami


Spot-breasted Quail (Cyrtonyx sallei)

The range of this species extends throughout the Pacific coastline of southern Mexico.

Two subspecies are recognised:

C. s. sallei
C. s. rowleyi

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


Ocellated Quail (Cyrtonyx ocellatus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central America from southern Mexico to northern Nicaragua.

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

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Yeah, editing error when splitting the posts up - already fixed

 

PHASIANIDAE


This family comprises 187 species within 51 genera, as follows:

Xenoperdix - Udzungwa Forest-partridge (monotypic)

Rollulus - Crested Partridge (monotypic)

Arborophila - Hill Partridge and allies (22 species)

Rhizothera - Long-billed Partridge and Dulit Partridge (2 species)

Melanoperdix - Black Partridge (monotypic)

Haematortyx - Crimson-headed Partridge (monotypic)

Caloperdix - Ferruginous Partridge (monotypic)

Galloperdix - Red Spurfowl and allies (3 species)

Afropavo - Congo Peafowl (monotypic)

Pavo - Asian Peafowl (2 species)

Argusianus - Great Argus (monotypic)

Rheinardia - Crested Argus (monotypic)

Polyplectron - Peacock-pheasants (8 species)

Margaroperdix - Madagascar Partridge (monotypic)

Coturnix - True Quails (5 species)

Synoicus - Asian Blue Quail and allies (3 species)

Anurophasis - Snow Mountain Quail (monotypic)

Tetraogallus - Snowcocks (5 species)

Alectoris - Chukar and allies (7 species)

Lerwa - Snow Partridge (monotypic)

Ammoperdix - See-See Partridge and Sand Partridge (2 species)

Perdicula - Bush-quails (3 species)

Ophrysia - Himalayan Quail (monotypic)

Pternistis - Double-spurred Francolin and allies (24 species)

Francolinus - True Francolins (5 species)

Dendroperdix - Crested Francolin (monotypic)

Peliperdix - Forest Francolin and allies (4 species)

Scleroptila - Ring-necked Francolin (9 species)

Bambusicola - Bamboo-partridges (3 species)

Gallus - Junglefowl (4 species)

Tetraophasis - Chestnut-throated Partridge and Buff-throated Partridge (2 species)

Lophophorus - Monals (3 species)

Tragopan - Tragopans (5 species)

Ithaginis - Blood Pheasant (monotypic)

Pucrasia - Koklass Pheasant (monotypic)

Syrmaticus - Mikado Pheasant and allies (5 species)

Chrysolophus - Golden Pheasant and Lady Amherst's Pheasant (2 species)

Phasianus - Common Pheasant and Green Pheasant (2 species)

Crossoptilon - Eared-pheasants (4 species)

Catreus - Cheer Pheasant (monotypic)

Lophura - Kalij Pheasant and allies (11 species)

Perdix - True Partridges (3 species)

Meleagris - Turkeys (2 species)

Bonasa - Hazel Grouse and allies (3 species)

Lagopus - Willow Grouse and allies (3 species)

Dendragapus - Dusky Grouse and Sooty Grouse (2 species)

Falcipennis - Siberian Grouse and allies (3 species)

Tetrao - Capercaillies (2 species)

Lyrurus - Black Grouse and Caucasian Grouse (2 species)

Centrocercus - Sage Grouse and Gunnison Grouse (2 species)

Tympanuchus - Prairie-chickens (3 species)
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Xenoperdix


Udzungwa Forest-partridge (Xenoperdix udzungwensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a pair of tiny disjunct populations in central Tanzania; in the northern Rubeho Mountains; and in the Udzungwa Mountains.

Two subspecies are recognised:

X. u. obscurata
X. u. udzungwensis

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


Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra, Borneo and adjacent offshore islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias (male)



Photo by @Hix (female)


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It's a bit of a balancing act between doing so, and having even more gaps than the thread already will, or not doing so and lacking an interesting aspect of galliform appearance but as Crested Partridge is one of the easier ones I can readily add a shot in for that species if you like.

 

Arborophila


Hill Partridge (Arborophila torqueola)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northwest India to northern Myanmar and adjacent south-central China, and from here south into northern Indochina and south-east China.

Five subspecies are recognised:

A. t. millardi
A. t. torqueola - photo by @vogelcommando



A. t. interstincta
A. t. batemani
A. t. griseata


Rufous-throated Partridge (Arborophila rufogularis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northwest India to northern Myanmar and adjacent south-central China, and from here patchily throughout eastern and western Indochina.

Six subspecies are recognised:

A. r. rufogularis
A. r. intermedia
A. r. tickelli
A. r. euroa
A. r. guttata
A. r. annamensis

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


White-cheeked Partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)

The range of this species extends throughout northeast India and northwest Myanmar, and adjacent regions of southeast Bhutan, eastern Bangladesh and southeast China.

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


Taiwan Partridge (Arborophila crudigularis)

Endemic to the mountains of Taiwan.

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


Chestnut-breasted Partridge (Arborophila mandellii)

The range of this species is restricted to the Himalayan foothills of Bhutan and northeast India.

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


Bar-backed Partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus)

The range of this species extends throughout northern Indochina and adjacent regions of south-central China, and southeast into south-central Vietnam.

Three subspecies are recognised:

A. b. brunneopectus - photo by @Tomek



A. b. henrici
A. b. albigula


Sichuan Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of south-central Sichuan.

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


Collared Partridge (Arborophila gingica)

The range of this species extends throughout much of southeast China.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. g. guangxiensis
A. g. gingica

Photo by @gentle lemur




Orange-necked Partridge (Arborophila davidi)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution in southern Vietnam and immediately-adjacent eastern Cambodia.

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


Chestnut-headed Partridge (Arborophila cambodiana)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest Cambodia and immediately-adjacent southeast Thailand.

Three subspecies are recognised:

A. c. diversa
A. c. chandamonyi
A. c. cambodiana

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


Malay Partridge (Arborophila campbelli)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution throughout the mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.

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


Tan-breasted Partridge (Arborophila rolli)

Endemic to the Batak Highlands of northern Sumatra.

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


Sumatran Partridge (Arborophila sumatrana)

Endemic to the mountains of central and southern Sumatra.

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


White-faced Partridge (Arborophila orientalis)

Endemic to the mountains of eastern Java.

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


Chestnut-bellied Partridge (Arborophila javanica)

Endemic to the mountains of western and central Java.

Three subspecies are recognised:

A. j. javanica
A. j. bartelsi
A. j. lawuana

Photo by @Tomek




Red-billed Partridge (Arborophila rubrirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout the mountains of Sumatra.

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


Bornean Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra)

Endemic to the mountains of north-central Borneo.

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


Hainan Partridge (Arborophila ardens)

Endemic to the mountains of Hainan.

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


Green-legged Partridge (Arborophila chloropus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Indochina and immediately-adjacent south-central China and northern Peninsular Thailand.

Six subspecies are recognised:

A. c. chloropus
A. c. peninsularis
A. c. olivacea
A. c. merlini
A. c. vivida
A. c. cognacqi

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


Tonkin Partridge (Arborophila tonkinensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of northern Vietnam.

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


Chestnut-necklaced Partridge (Arborophila charltonii)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Malay Peninsula and into northern Sumatra.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. c. charltonii
A. c. atjenensis

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


Sabah Partridge (Arborophila graydoni)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of Sabah in northern Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish


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Rhizothera


Long-billed Partridge (Rhizothera longirostris)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula and into Sumatra and Borneo.

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


Dulit Partridge (Rhizothera dulitensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations in the mountains of northern Borneo.

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


Black Partridge (Melanoperdix niger)

The range of this species extends throughout Peninsular Malaysia and into Sumatra and Borneo.

Two subspecies are recognised:

M. n. niger
M. n. borneensis

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


Crimson-headed Partridge (Haematortyx sanguiniceps)

The range of this species extends throughout the mountains of northern Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @LaughingDove


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Caloperdix


Ferruginous Partridge (Caloperdix oculeus)

The range of this species extends patchily from southwest Indochina into the Malay Peninsula, and from here into Sumatra and northern Borneo.

Three subspecies are recognised:

C. o. oculeus
C. o. ocellatus
C. o. borneensis

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


Red Spurfowl (Galloperdix spadicea)

The range of this species extends throughout central and southwest Peninsular India.

Three subspecies are recognised:

G. s. caurina
G. s. spadicea
G. s. stewarti

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


Painted Spurfowl (Galloperdix lunulata)

The range of this species extends throughout central and southern Peninsular India.

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


Sri Lanka Spurfowl (Galloperdix bicalcarata)

Endemic to central and southern Sri Lanka.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias


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Afropavo


Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis)

Endemic to central and east-central DRC.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish


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