Gallini (bird)

Gallini

Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Phasianinae
Tribe:	Gallini Brehm, 1831
Genera
Bambusicola Gallus Peliperdix Ortygornis Francolinus Campocolinus Scleroptila

Gallini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Phasianinae. It includes the bamboo partridges, francolins and junglefowl (including the chicken). Members of this tribe are found in both Asia and tropical Africa. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and has been accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Species

Image	Genus	Living species
	Bambusicola	Mountain bamboo partridge, Bambusicola fytchii Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus Taiwan bamboo partridge, Bambusicola sonorivox
	Gallus	Green junglefowl, Gallus varius Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus Domestic chicken, G. g. domesticus Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii Sri Lanka junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii
	Peliperdix	Latham's francolin, Peliperdix lathami
	Ortygornis	Crested francolin, Ortygornis sephaena Grey francolin, Ortygornis pondicerianus Swamp francolin, Ortygornis gularis
	Francolinus	Chinese francolin, Francolinus pintadeanus Black francolin, Francolinus francolinus Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
	Campocolinus	Coqui francolin, Campocolinus coqui White-throated francolin, Campocolinus albogularis Schlegel's francolin, Campocolinus schlegelii
	Scleroptila	Ring-necked francolin, Scleroptila streptophora Red-winged francolin, Scleroptila levaillantii Finsch's francolin, Scleroptila finschi Moorland francolin, Scleroptila psilolaema Grey-winged francolin, Scleroptila afra Orange River francolin, Scleroptila gutturalis Shelley's francolin, Scleroptila shelleyi Whyte’s francolin, Scleroptila whytei Elgon francolin, Scleroptila elgonensis

^ Kimball, R.T.; Hosner, P.A.; Braun, E.L. (2021). "A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 158: 107091. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091. PMID 33545275. S2CID 231963063.
^ "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-08-01.
^ "Galliformes". bird-phylogeny (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-01.
^ "H&M4 Checklist family by family - The Trust for Avian Systematics". www.aviansystematics.org. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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