Tetraogallini

Translingual

Etymology

Tetraogallus +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Tetraogallini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Phasianidae – Old World partridges and quail, spurfowl.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Perdicinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(order): Ammoperdix (some partridges), Synoicus (brown quail), Excalfactoria (some quails), Margaroperdix (Madagascaran partridge), Anurophasis (Snow Mountain quail), Coturnix (mouse pheasants), Tetraogallus (snowcocks), Alectoris (rock partridges), Ophrysia (Himilayan quails), Perdicula (bush quails), Pternistis (partridge-francolins and African spurfowls) - genera

References

Phasianidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phasianidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Phasianidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tetraogallini at Encyclopedia of Life
Phasianidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
Tetraogallini at Paleobiology Database

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