Phasianini

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Phasianini
Green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Tribe: Phasianini
Horsfield, 1821
Genera

Syrmaticus
Chrysolophus
Phasianus
Catreus

Crossoptilon

Lophura

Phasianini is a tribe of birds in the subfamily Phasianinae. It contains the true pheasants. Species in this tribe are found throughout Europe and Asia. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Image Genus Living species
Syrmaticus, long-tailed pheasants
Chrysolophus, ruffed pheasants
Phasianus, typical pheasants
Catreus, cheer pheasant
Crossoptilon
, eared pheasants
Lophura
, gallopheasants

References

  1. S2CID 231963063
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  2. ^ "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  3. ^ "Galliformes". bird-phylogeny (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  4. ^ "H&M4 Checklist family by family - The Trust for Avian Systematics". www.aviansystematics.org. Retrieved 2022-08-04.