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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

Access

             
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

 

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