Galliformes (Francolins, Junglefowl, Mound-builders, Pheasants, Turkeys, etc.)
Family: Cracidae (Cracids)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Crax fasciolata pinima | Pelzeln, 1870 | Belem curassow | (rediscovered) | Amazonia, Brazil | Rediscovered | |
Crax rubra griscomi | Nelson, 1926 | Cozumel curassow | (rediscovered) | Rediscovered | Access | |
Mitu mitu | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Alagoas curassow, Northern mitu | post-1976 | Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil (north-eastern) | Extinct in the Wild | Access |
Ortalis vetula deschauenseei | Bond, 1936 | Utila Island chachalaca, Utila chachalaca |
(rediscovered) | Utila island, Honduras | Rediscovered | Access |
Pauxi koepckeae | Weske & Terborgh, 1971 | Sira curassow | (rediscovered) | Peru (southeastern) | Rediscovered | Access |
Penelope albipennis | Taczanowski, 1878 | White-winged guan | (rediscovered) | Cajamarca & Piura departments, Peru (north-western) | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Megapodiidae (Mound-builders)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Aepypodius bruijnii | Oustalet, 1880 | Bruijn's brush turkey, Waigeo brush turkey | - | Waigeo Island, Papua New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access |
Latagallina naracoortensis | (van Tets, 1974) | - | Late Pleistocene? | Australia | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius alimentum | Steadman, 1989 | Consumed scrubfowl, Consumed megapode, Tonga megapode | ? | Lakeba and Mago, Lau Group, Fiji & Tonga | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius cf. alimentum | - | - | ? | Lakeba & Naigani, Fiji | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius amissus | Worthy, 2000 | Lost megapode, Viti Levu scrubfowl, Fijian megapode | ? | Viti Levu (& Kadavu?), Fiji | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius andamanensis | Walters, 1980 | Andaman Islands scrubfowl | ? | Andaman Islands, India | Invalid (nomen dubium) | Access |
Megapodius andersoni | Gray, 1862 | Anderson's megapode | ? | New Caledonia | Hypothetical | Access |
Megapodius burnabyi | Gray, 1862 | Burnaby's megapode, Ha'apai megapode | pre-1862 | Ha'apai Group, Tonga | Invalid (nomen dubia) | Access |
Megapodius molistructor | Balouet & Olson, 1989 | Pile-builder megapode | ? | New Caledonia & Tonga | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius cf. molistructor | - | Lifuka scrubfowl | ? | Lifuka, Tonga | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius pritchardii ssp. nov. 'Niue' | - | Niue megapode | ? | Niue | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius stairi | Gray, 1862 | Stair's megapode | 1847 | Samoan Islands | Invalid (nomen dubium) | Access |
Megapodius sp. nov. 'Buka' |
- | - | ? | Buka, Solomon Islands | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius sp. nov. ''Eua' | - | 'Eua megapode | ? | 'Eua, Tonga | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius sp. nov. 'Grande Terre' |
- | ? | Grand Terre, New Caledonia | Extinct | Access | |
Megapodius sp. nov. ‘Loyalty Islands’ | - | Loyalty megapode | ? | Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius sp. nov. ‘New Ireland’ | - | New Ireland scrubfowl | Late Pleistocene | New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea | Extinct | Access |
?Megapodius sp. nov. ‘Ofu’ | - | - | ? | Ofu, Samoa | Extinct | Access |
Megapodius sp. nov. ‘Raoul Island’ | - | Raoul Island scrubfowl | 1876 | Raoul Island (=Sunday Island), Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | Hypothetical | Access |
Mwalau walterlinii | Worthy, Hawkins, Bedford & Spriggs, 2015 | Lini's megapode | Holocene | Efate Island, Vanuatu | Extinct | Access |
Progura gallinacea | De Vis, 1888 | Giant malleefowl, Australian giant megapode | Late Pleistocene | Australia | Extinct | Access |
MEGAPODIIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. 'Tonga' | - | ? | Tonga | Extinct if valid | Access |
Family: Numididae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Numida meleagris sabyi | Hartert, 1919 | Moroccan (helmet) guinea fowl, Numidian hen | 1950's? | Morocco (northwestern) | Extinct | Access |
Family: Odontophoridae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Colinus suilium | Brodkorb, 1959 | - | Late Pleistocene | Florida, USA | Extinct | Access |
Colinus virginianus insulanus | Howe, 1904 | Key West bobwhite | 1888 | Florida Keys, Americas | Extinct or invalid | Access |
Neortyx peninsularis | Holman, 1961 | - | Late Pleistocene | Florida, USA | Extinct | Access |
Family: Phasianidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Arborophila davidi | Delacour, 1927 | Orange-necked partridge | - | Cambodia & Viet Nam | Rediscovered | Access |
Argusianus bipunctatus | Wood, 1871 | Double-banded argus | pre-1872 | Indonesia or Malaysia | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Coturnix alabrevis | Rando et al., 2019 | Porto Santo quail | Holocene | Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal | Extinct | Access |
Coturnix centensis | Rando et al., 2019 | Cape Verde quail | Holocene | Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
Coturnix gomerae | Jaume, McMinn & Alcover, 1993 | Canary Islands quail, Canary quail | ? | Canary Islands, North Africa | Extinct | Access |
Coturnix lignorum | Rando et al., 2019 | Madeiran quail | Holocene | Madeira Island, Madeira, Portugal | Extinct | Access |
Coturnix novaezelandiae | Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 | New Zealand quail, Koreke (Maori name) | 1875 | New Zealand (North, South & Great Barrier Islands) | Extinct | Access |
Dendragapus gilli milleri | Jehl, 1969 | - | Late Pleistocene | North America | Extinct | Access |
Francolinus francolinus billypayni | Meinertzhagen, 1933 | Turkish black francolin, Amik Gölü black francolin | Late 1900's | Amik Gölü, Turkey (southern) | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Francolinus francolinus ssp. nov. 'Sicily' | - | Sicilian black francolin | pre-1847? | Sicily, Italy | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Lophura edwardsi | Oustalet, 1896 | Edwards's pheasant | - | central Vietnam | Rediscovered | Access |
Lophura inornata |
(Salvadori, 1879) | Salvadori's pheasant | (rediscovered) | Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Meleagris californica | (Miller, 1909) | California(n) turkey | c. 8,000 BC | USA | Extinct | Access |
Meleagris crassipes | Miller, 1940 | Bigfoot turkey, Big-foot turkey | ? | Mexico | Extinct | Access |
Ophrysia superciliosa | Gray, 1846 | Himalayan quail, Mountain quail, Himalayan mountain quail, Indian mountain quail, Eyebrowed quail, Eyebrowed rollulus (superseded), Slate-coloured partridge, Mountain pheasant-quail | December 1876 | Himalayas, northern India | Extinct | Access |
Perdicula manipurensis | Hume, 1881 | Manipur bush quail | - | north-eastern India | Rediscovered | Access |
Perdix palaeoperdix | Mourer-Chauviré, 1975 | - | Late Pleistocene | Bulgaria | Extinct | Access |
Perdix perdix italica | Hartert, 1917 | Italian grey partridge | 1980's | Italy | Extinct | Access |
Phasianus yanshansis | Huang & Hou, 1984 | - | Late Pleistocene | China | Extinct | Access |
Pternistis atrifrons | Conover, 1930 | Black-fronted francolin, Ethiopian francolin | - | Ethiopia (southern) | Rediscovered | Access |
Tetrastes dalianensis | (Hou, 1992) | Late Pleistocene | China | Extinct | Access | |
Tympanuchus ceres | (Shufeldt, 1913) | - | Late Pleistocene | USA | Extinct | Access |
Tympanuchus cupido cupido | Linnaeus, 1758 | Heath hen, Martha's Vineyard sage-hen | 11 March 1932 | Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania, USA | Extinct | Access |
Tympanuchus phasianellus hueyi | Dickerman & Hubbard, 1994 | Huey’s sharp-tailed grouse, New Mexico sharp-tailed grouse | 1952 or 1954 | New Mexico (& Colorado?), USA | Extinct | Access |
Family: †Sylviornithidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Megavitiornis altirostris | Worthy, 2000 | Fiji giant megapode, Noble megapode | Holocene? | Viti Levu, Fiji | Extinct | Access |
Sylviornis neocaledoniae | Poplin, 1980 | - | Holocene | Île des Pins (=Isle of Pines) and New Caledonia | Extinct | Access |
Sylviornis cf. neocaledoniae | - | - | Holocene? | New Caledonia | Extinct if distinct | Access |