Gallinaceous Bird

Of bird and Galliformes.   May also be referred to as gallinacean.

Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds.

This concept's ID is @1~9041

Gallus

  • domestic fowl 12 facts

    A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl.

  • jungle fowl 3 facts

    Small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl.

Also contains

  • game bird 6 facts

    Any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport.

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  • guan 1 facts

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  • chachalaca 1 facts

    Slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico...

  • comb 0 facts

    The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.

  • ocellated turkey 0 facts

    Wild turkey of Central America and northern South America.

  • curassow 0 facts

    Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails;...

  • hoatzin 0 facts

    Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second...