Wildlife
The gamebirds order (Galliformes) includes such diverse members as pheasants, quail, guineafowl, mallee fowl and currasows. The domestic chicken and domestic turkey are also part of this group. Many species lay large clutches of eggs. The chicks hatch out well-developed, and are able to walk and feed themselves shortly after hatching.
The shading illustrates the diversity of this group - the darker the colour the greater the number of species. Data provided by WWF's Wildfinder.
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game birds, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms. "Wildfowl" or just "fowl" are also often used for Galliformes, but usually these terms also refer to waterfowl (Anseriformes), and occasionally to other commonly hunted birds.
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