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These birds vary in size from small to large, but they are typically stoutly built and have short thick bills primarily adapted for seed-eating or the consumption of other plant material such as heather shoots. The young birds will also take insects.

Most of these birds are resident, but some of the smaller temperate species, such as quailCoturnix Anurophasis Perdicula Ophrysia † See also Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the Pheasant family Phasianidae. This article deals with the Old World quail species. The New World q, do migrateLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he. Many species show distinct differences between the sexes in size or appearance.

ORDER GALLIFORMES

• Family: Megapodidae, mound-builders
• Family: Cracidae, chachalacas, guans and curassows
• Family: Tetraonidae, grouse
• Family: Phasianidae, partridgePerdix ''Alectoris ''Lerwa ''Bambusicola ''Ptilopachus ''Rollulus ''Haematortyx ''Caloperdix ''Arborophila ''Xenoperdix ''Melanoperdix †See also Pheasant, Quail, Grouse Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migrats, pheasants, quail, and allies.
• Family: Odontophoridae, New World quail
• Family: Numididae, guineafowl
• Family: Meleagrididae, turkeys
• Family: Mesitornithidae, mesites

The buttonquail family is traditionally listed among the Galliformes, but many authorites now regard it as sufficiently different to list it as a separate order. Similarly, the hoatzin was formerly listed here, but DNA comparison has shown clearly that it is a cuckoo.

The Anseriformes ( ducks and their allies) and the Galliformes are ancestral to neognathous birds, and should follow ratites and tinamous in bird classification systems. See the chart below

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GalliformesMegapodidae Numididae Odontophoridae Phasianidae Meleagrididae Tetraonidae Cracidae Mesitornithidae 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