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The Galliformes is an order of birds containing the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants. About 256 species are found worldwide.
These birds vary in size from the diminutive Asian Rain Quails (Excalfactoria chinensis) at 12.5 cm long and weighing 28 to 40 g to the largest extant Galliform species, is the North American Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), wild specimens of which may weigh up to 11 kilograms (about 24 pounds).
The Galliform bird species with the largest wing-span is most likely the Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus). Most Galliform genera are large in body with thick necks and moderately long legs and with rounded wings. Grouse, pheasants, francolins and partridges are typical in their outwardly corpulent silhouettes.
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Buenas...me voy dormi!..junto com as galinhas hoje, ou melhor, segundo a zoologia junto com os Galliformes da familia dos Numididae...hahaha
Ro_castro (Rodrigo Castro) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:54:28 -0000
Buenas...me voy dormi!..junto com as galinhas hoje, ou melhor, segundo a zoologia junto com os Galliformes da familia dos Numididae...hahaha
Game Bird and Waterfowl Pages - Biology and aviculture of Galliformes and Anseriformes. Includes fact sheets on every species of pheasant; many photos.
Malleefowl Preservation Group - Facts about the ecology and conservation of Leipoa ocellata in Western Australia.
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