The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Galliformes

Pavo


Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Introduced wild and feral populations occur worldwide.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Daniel Sörensen

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Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)

The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations in southeast Asia; in northwest Indochina and adjacent south-central China; in southeast Indochina; and in Java. The continued presence of a population in northeast India and adjacent Bangladesh and northwest Myanmar is in doubt, and several other populations in Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and the Sundas have certainly been extirpated.

Three subspecies are recognised:

P. m. spicifer
P. m. imperator - photo by @robreintjes

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P. m. muticus - photo by @Fresco3

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Rheinardia


Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata)

The range of this species represents a pair of widely disjunct populations; in the Annamite mountains of central and southern Vietnam and adjacent eastern Laos; and in the mountains of central Peninsular Malaysia.

Two subspecies are recognised:

R. o. ocellata - photo by @LaughingDove (male) and @devilfish (female)

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R. o. nigrescens
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Polyplectron


Palawan Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis)

Endemic to Palawan in the southwest Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

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Malay Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Malay Peninsula.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Zooish

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Bornean Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri)

The range of this species formerly extended patchily throughout much of Borneo; however, recent reports are restricted to the north of the island and the current extent of the range is unclear.

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


Germain's Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini)

The range of this species is restricted to south-central Annam in southern Vietnam, and also adjacent eastern Cambodia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Hainan Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)

Endemic to central and southwest Hainan.

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


Grey Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)

The range of this species extends patchily from northeast India, Bhutan and eastern Bangladesh into northern Indochina and south-central China, and south from here into western and eastern Indochina.

Three subspecies are recognised:

P. b. bakeri
P. b. bicalcaratum - photo by @vogelcommando

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P. b. ghigii


Mountain Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum)

Endemic to the mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Bronze-tailed Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron chalcurum)

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

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. c. scutulatum
P. c. chalcurum

Photo by @MagpieGoose

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Coturnix


Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from the Mahgreb, Iberian Peninsula and British Isles in the west, throughout Europe and North Africa into the Middle East, Caucasus and southern Siberia, as far east as northwest China, south-central Siberia and western Mongolia, and also through Central Asia into the Himalayas as far east as Bhutan and northeast India, and patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution through East Africa and Madagascar to the Western Cape; wintering populations extend throughout the Mahgred and southern Iberian Peninsula, throughout the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa and into the Nile Valley as far north as the Mediterranean, and throughout the Indian Subcontinent. Resident populations occur in the Cape Verde and Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores.

Four subspecies are recognised:

C. c. coturnix - photo by @fofo

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C. c. confisa
C. c. inopinata
C. c. africana


Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southeast Siberia, eastern Mongolia and northeast China, and into Sakhalin and Japan; wintering populations extend patchily throughout the Korean Peninsula, southern Japan and southeast China into northern Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica)

The range of this species extends throughout the Indian Subcontinent, and also patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei)

The range of this species extends from the southwest Arabian Peninsula into eastern Africa from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the north to northeast South Africa and Swaziland in the south, and west from here throughout south-central Africa to western DRC and Gabon in the north and northern Namibia in the south; disjunct summer migrant populations occur patchily in West Africa and the Sahel, and a resident disjunct population occurs on Sao Tome.

Three subspecies are recognised:

C. d. delegorguei
C. d. histrionica
C. d. arabica

Photo by @nikola

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Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)

The range of this species extends throughout Australia; absent from the northern reaches of Northern Territory, Cape York Peninsula and adjacent regions of northern Queensland, and almost-certainly extirpated from Tasmania.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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TeaLovingDave said:
Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southeast Siberia, eastern Mongolia and northeast China, and into Sakhalin and Japan; wintering populations extend patchily throughout the Korean Peninsula, southern Japan and southeast China into northern Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands.
 
Synoicus


Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)

The range of this species extends from the Lesser Sundas into New Guinea, and south from here throughout much of Australia and Tasmania; largely absent from southwest and south-central Australia, and only patchily present across much of interior Australia. Introduced populations are present on New Zealand and Fiji.

Ten subspecies are recognised:

S. y. pallidior
S. y. raaltenii
S. y. saturatior
S. y. lamonti
S. y. dogwa
S. y. plumbeus
S. y. monticola
S. y. mafulu
S. y. australis - photo by @Chlidonias

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S. y. ypsilophorus - photo by @lintworm

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Asian Blue Quail (Synoicus chinensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of southern Asia, from the Indian Subcontinent in the west to southeast China in the east, and south from here through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines and Moluccas, extending as far east as New Guinea, with populations also extending into coastal northern and eastern Australia.

Ten subspecies are recognised:

S. c. chinensis
S. c. trinkutensis
S. c. palmeri
S. c. lineatus
S. c. lineatulus
S. c. novaeguineae
S. c. papuensis
S. c. lepidus
S. c. colletti
S. c. victoriae

Photo by @TeaLovingDave

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African Blue Quail (Synoicus adansonii)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west to northwest Kenya in the east, and south to southern Angola in the west and coastal eastern South Africa in the east; largely absent from the Congo Basin, and only patchily present in Tanzania and Mozambique.

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


Snow Mountain Quail (Anurophasis monorthonyx)

Endemic to the Kemabu Plateau, Snow Mountains and Star Mountains of west-central New Guinea.

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


Caucasian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus)

Endemic to the Caucasus Mountains.

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


Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout the mountains of eastern Asia Minor, the southern Caucasus, southwest Iran and the southern shoreline of the Caspian Sea.

Three subspecies are recognised:

T. c. tauricus
T. c. caspius
T. c. semenowtianschanski

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


Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the western and central Himalayas, and into Tien Shan and the northern Tibetan Plateau.

Six subspecies are recognised:

T. h. sauricus
T. h. sewerzowi
T. h. incognitus
T. h. himalayensis - photo by @Chlidonias

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T. h. grombczewskii
T. h. koslowi


Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to northeast India and Bhutan, north from here throughout the southern and eastern Tibetan Plateau, and also west into adjacent areas of Tajikistan and Tien Shan.

Six subspecies are recognised:

T. t. tibetanus
T. t. aquilonifer
T. t. tschimenensis
T. t. przewalskii
T. t. henrici
T. t. yunnanensis

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


Altai Snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Altai Mountains of south-central Siberia, western Mongolia and adjacent regions of northeast Kazakhstan and northwest China.

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


Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca)

The range of this species extends throughout the Alps and Dinaric Alps into the Balkans as far east as western Bulgaria, and south into Greece and the Ionian Islands; a disjunct population extends throughout the Apennine Mountains of Italy and into Sicily.

Four subspecies are recognised:

A. g. saxatilis - photo by @TeaLovingDave

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A. g. orlandoi
A. g. graeca
A. g. whitakeri


Chukar (Alectoris chukar)

The range of this species extends throughout Asia Minor, the Middle East and Caucasus throughout much of Central Asia into the western and central Himalayas, south-central Siberia and Mongolia, and much of western and northern China.

Sixteen subspecies are currently recognised:

A. c. kleini
A. c. cypriotes - photo by @TeaLovingDave

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A. c. sinaica - photo by @alexkant

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A. c. kurdestanica - photo by @fofo

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A. c. werae
A. c. shestoperovi
A. c. subpallida
A. c. koroviakovi - photo by @Ituri

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A. c. falki
A. c. dzungarica
A. c. pallescens - photo by @Chlidonias

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A. c. fallax
A. c. pallida
A. c. chukar - photo by @J I N X

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A. c. pubescens
A. c. potanini


Przevalski's Partridge (Alectoris magna)

The range of this species extends throughout the uplands of west-central and north-central China.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. m. magna
A. m. lanzhouensis

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


Philby's Partridge (Alectoris philbyi)

The range of this species is restricted to the southwest Arabian Peninsula.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)

The range of this species extends throughout the Mahgreb of northwest Africa, with patchily-distributed disjunct populations extending throughout northern Africa and introduced populations present in Gibraltar and the Canary Islands.

Four subspecies are recognised:

A. b. koenigi - photo by @Vision

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A. b. barbara - photo by @Maguari

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A. b. spatzi
A. b. barbata


Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)

The range of this species extends throughout much of France and the Iberian Peninsula, and west into the Balaeric Islands, Corsica and northwest Italy; introduced populations exist throughout much of Europe, along with the Canary Islands and Azores.

Three subspecies are recognised:

A. r. rufa - photo by @Jackwow

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A. r. hispanica - photo by @Maguari

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A. r. intercedens


Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of the southwest and southern Arabian Peninsula.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. m. melanocephala - photo by @sooty mangabey

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A. m. guichardi
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Lerwa


Snow Partridge (Lerwa lerwa)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas and southern Tibetan Plateau from northwest Pakistan in the west to northern Myanmar and adjacent northeast India in the east, and from here throughout south-central China.

Two subspecies are recognised:

L. l. lerwa
L. l. major

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


See-see Partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis)

The range of this species extends from southeast Asia Minor throughout the Middle East and the eastern coastline of the Caspian Sea as far east as central Pakistan and western Tajikistan, and as far north as southwest Kazakhstan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @fofo

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Sand Partridge (Ammoperdix heyi)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent regions of the Middle East and the Red Sea coastline of northeast Africa.

Four subspecies are recognised:

A. h. heyi
A. h. nicolli
A. h. cholmleyi
A. h. intermedius

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


Jungle Bush-quail (Perdicula asiatica)

The range of this species extends throughout Peninsular India and the dry central hills of Sri Lanka.

Five subspecies are recognised:

P. a. punjaubi
P. a. asiatica
P. a. vidali
P. a. vellorei
P. a. ceylonensis

Photo by @Tomek

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Rock Bush-quail (Perdicula argoondah)

The range of this species extends throughout northwest and western Peninsular India.

Three subspecies are recognised:

P. a. meinertzhageni
P. a. argoondah
P. a. salimalii

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


Painted Bush-quail (Perdicula erythrorhyncha)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in Peninsular India; in the Western Ghats; and throughout north-central and eastern India.

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. e. erythrorhyncha
P. e. blewitti

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


Manipur Bush-quail (Perdicula manipurensis)

The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations in the Indian Subcontinent; in West Bengal and Assam north of the Brahmaputra; and throughout northeast India and eastern Bangladesh south of the Brahmaputra.

Two subspecies are recognised:

P. m. inglisi
P. m. manipurensis

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