Bird group

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

186 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Ahanta Spurfowl
Pternistis ahantensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ahanta Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Altai Snowcock
Tetraogallus altaicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Altai Snowcock is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Arabian Partridge
Alectoris melanocephala
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Arabian Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Arabia, the Horn of Africa, and nearby drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Bar-backed Partridge
Arborophila brunneopectus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bar-backed Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Barbary Partridge
Alectoris barbara
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Barbary Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Black Francolin
Francolinus francolinus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Black Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrix
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Black Partridge
Melanoperdix niger
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Black-billed Capercaillie
Tetrao urogalloides
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-billed Capercaillie is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and…

Blood Pheasant
Ithaginis cruentus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Blood Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Blue Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon auritum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue Eared-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It walks, scratches, and…

Blue Quail
Synoicus adansonii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Blue-breasted Quail
Synoicus chinensis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Blue-breasted Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Blyth's Tragopan
Tragopan blythii
Vulnerable≈ 2.5K–10K

The Blyth's Tragopan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Bornean Crested Fireback
Lophura ignita
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bornean Crested Fireback is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Borneo. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Bornean Crestless Fireback
Lophura pyronota
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bornean Crestless Fireback is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Borneo. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron schleiermacheri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bornean Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Borneo. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron chalcurum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Brown Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon mantchuricum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown Eared-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It walks, scratches, and…

Brown Quail
Synoicus ypsilophorus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Australia and nearby islands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Buff-throated Monal-Partridge
Tetraophasis szechenyii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Buff-throated Monal-Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Bulwer's Pheasant
Lophura bulweri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bulwer's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Borneo. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Cabot's Tragopan
Tragopan caboti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cabot's Tragopan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Cape Spurfowl
Pternistis capensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cape Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Caspian Snowcock
Tetraogallus caspius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Caspian Snowcock is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Central Asian lakes, steppes, and inland seas. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Caucasian Grouse
Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Caucasian Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Caucasus, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian rocky drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Caucasian Snowcock
Tetraogallus caucasicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Caucasian Snowcock is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Cheer Pheasant
Catreus wallichii
Vulnerable≈ 2.5K–10K

The Cheer Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Chestnut-bellied Partridge
Arborophila javanica
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-bellied Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Java and nearby islands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Chestnut-breasted Partridge
Arborophila mandellii
Near Threatened≈ 2.5K–10K

The Chestnut-breasted Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Chestnut-headed Partridge
Arborophila cambodiana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-headed Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Indochina. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Pternistis castaneicollis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-naped Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
Tropicoperdix charltonii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-necklaced Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge
Tetraophasis obscurus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches,…

Chinese Bamboo-Partridge
Bambusicola thoracicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chinese Bamboo-Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Chinese Francolin
Francolinus pintadeanus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Chinese Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Chinese Grouse
Tetrastes sewerzowi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chinese Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Chinese Monal
Lophophorus lhuysii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chinese Monal is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Chukar
Alectoris chukar
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Chukar is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Caucasus, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian rocky drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Clapperton's Spurfowl
Pternistis clappertoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Clapperton's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Common Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Congo Peacock
Afropavo congensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Congo Peacock is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Copper Pheasant
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Copper Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Japan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots, berries,…

Coqui Francolin
Campocolinus coqui
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Coqui Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Crested Francolin
Ortygornis sephaena
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crested Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Crested Partridge
Rollulus rouloul
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crested Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Crimson-headed Partridge
Haematortyx sanguiniceps
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crimson-headed Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Daurian Partridge
Perdix dauurica
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Daurian Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Djibouti Spurfowl
Pternistis ochropectus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Djibouti Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Double-spurred Spurfowl
Pternistis bicalcaratus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Double-spurred Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Dulit Partridge
Rhizothera dulitensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dulit Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Borneo. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots, berries,…

Dusky Grouse
Dendragapus obscurus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dusky Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Edwards's Pheasant
Lophura edwardsi
Critically Endangered≈ 50-250

The Edwards's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Elgon Francolin
Scleroptila elgonensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Elgon Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Elliot's Pheasant
Syrmaticus ellioti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Elliot's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Erckel's Spurfowl
Pternistis erckelii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Erckel's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Ferruginous Partridge
Caloperdix oculeus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ferruginous Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Finsch's Francolin
Scleroptila finschi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Finsch's Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Germain's Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron germaini
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Germain's Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Indochina. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Golden Pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Gray Francolin
Ortygornis pondicerianus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Gray Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Gray Junglefowl
Gallus sonneratii
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Gray Junglefowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Gray Peacock-Pheasant
Gray Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron bicalcaratum
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Gray Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Gray-breasted Partridge
Arborophila orientalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-breasted Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Pternistis rufopictus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-breasted Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Gray-striped Spurfowl
Pternistis griseostriatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-striped Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Gray-winged Francolin
Scleroptila afra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-winged Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Great Argus
Argusianus argus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Great Argus is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Greater Prairie-Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Greater Prairie-Chicken is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches,…

Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Greater Sage-Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Green Junglefowl
Gallus varius
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Green Junglefowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Java and nearby islands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Green Peafowl
Pavo muticus
Endangered≈ 10K-20K

The Green Peafowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of mainland Southeast Asian forest, savanna, and river valleys. It walks, scratches, and…

Green Pheasant
Phasianus versicolor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Green Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Japan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots, berries,…

Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus minimus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gunnison Sage-Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Hainan Partridge
Arborophila ardens
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Hainan Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Hainan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Hainan Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron katsumatae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hainan Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Hainan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Handsome Spurfowl
Pternistis nobilis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Handsome Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Harlequin Quail
Coturnix delegorguei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Harlequin Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Hartlaub's Spurfowl
Pternistis hartlaubi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hartlaub's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of African rivers, coasts, and wetlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through…

Harwood's Spurfowl
Pternistis harwoodi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Harwood's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Hazel Grouse
Tetrastes bonasia
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hazel Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Heuglin's Spurfowl
Pternistis icterorhynchus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Heuglin's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Pternistis hildebrandti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hildebrandt's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Hill Partridge
Arborophila torqueola
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Hill Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Himalayan Monal
Himalayan Monal
Lophophorus impejanus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Himalayan Monal is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Himalayan Quail
Ophrysia superciliosa
Critically Endangered≈ Possibly extinct

The Himalayan Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the western Himalayan foothills, if still extant. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Himalayan Snowcock
Tetraogallus himalayensis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Himalayan Snowcock is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Indian Peafowl
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Least Concern≈ 1M–5M

The Indian Peafowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Jackson's Spurfowl
Pternistis jacksoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jackson's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Japanese Quail
Coturnix japonica
Near Threatened≈ 100K–1M

The Japanese Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Japan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots, berries,…

Jungle Bush-Quail
Perdicula asiatica
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Jungle Bush-Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Kalij Pheasant
Kalij Pheasant
Lophura leucomelanos
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Kalij Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Koklass Pheasant
Pucrasia macrolopha
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Koklass Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lady Amherst's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Latham's Francolin
Peliperdix lathami
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Latham's Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lesser Prairie-Chicken is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches,…

Long-billed Partridge
Rhizothera longirostris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-billed Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Madagascar Partridge
Margaroperdix madagarensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Madagascar Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Madagascar. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Malayan Crested Argus
Rheinardia nigrescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malayan Crested Argus is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through…

Malayan Crested Fireback
Lophura rufa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malayan Crested Fireback is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through…

Malayan Crestless Fireback
Lophura erythrophthalma
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malayan Crestless Fireback is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Malayan Partridge
Arborophila campbelli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malayan Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Malayan Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron malacense
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malayan Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sundaland forests and lowlands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through…

Manipur Bush-Quail
Perdicula manipurensis
Critically Endangered≈ 50-250

The Manipur Bush-Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Mikado Pheasant
Syrmaticus mikado
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mikado Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Taiwan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots, berries,…

Moorland Francolin
Scleroptila psilolaema
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Moorland Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Mount Cameroon Spurfowl
Pternistis camerunensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mount Cameroon Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Mountain Bamboo-Partridge
Mountain Bamboo-Partridge
Bambusicola fytchii
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Mountain Bamboo-Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron inopinatum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mountain Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Mrs. Hume's Pheasant
Syrmaticus humiae
Vulnerable≈ 6K–15K

The Mrs. Hume's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Natal Spurfowl
Pternistis natalensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Natal Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Ocellated Turkey
Meleagris ocellata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ocellated Turkey is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Orange River Francolin
Scleroptila gutturalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange River Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Orange-necked Partridge
Arborophila davidi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange-necked Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Painted Bush-Quail
Perdicula erythrorhyncha
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Painted Bush-Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Painted Francolin
Francolinus pictus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Painted Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Painted Spurfowl
Galloperdix lunulata
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Painted Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron napoleonis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Palawan Peacock-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Palawan and nearby islands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through…

Philby's Partridge
Alectoris philbyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Philby's Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Arabia, the Horn of Africa, and nearby drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Przevalski's Partridge
Alectoris magna
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Przevalski's Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It walks, scratches, and…

Rain Quail
Coturnix coromandelica
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Rain Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Red Grouse
Lagopus scotica
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through…

Red Junglefowl
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Red Junglefowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Red Spurfowl
Galloperdix spadicea
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Red Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Red-billed Partridge
Arborophila rubrirostris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-billed Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Red-billed Spurfowl
Pternistis adspersus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-billed Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Red-breasted Partridge
Arborophila hyperythra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-breasted Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Red-legged Partridge
Alectoris rufa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-legged Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Red-necked Spurfowl
Pternistis afer
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-necked Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Red-winged Francolin
Scleroptila levaillantii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-winged Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Reeves's Pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Reeves's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Ring-necked Francolin
Scleroptila streptophora
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ring-necked Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ring-necked Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Rock Bush-Quail
Perdicula argoondah
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Rock Bush-Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Rock Partridge
Alectoris graeca
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rock Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Caucasus, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian rocky drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rock Ptarmigan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Roll's Partridge
Arborophila rolli
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Roll's Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ruffed Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Rufous-throated Partridge
Arborophila rufogularis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Rufous-throated Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Sabah Partridge
Tropicoperdix graydoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sabah Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Borneo. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots, berries,…

Salvadori's Pheasant
Lophura inornata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Salvadori's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sumatra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Sand Partridge
Ammoperdix heyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sand Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Caucasus, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian rocky drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Satyr Tragopan
Satyr Tragopan
Tragopan satyra
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Satyr Tragopan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Scaly Spurfowl
Pternistis squamatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scaly Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Scaly-breasted Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scaly-breasted Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

Schlegel's Francolin
Campocolinus schlegelii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Schlegel's Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Sclater's Monal
Lophophorus sclateri
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Sclater's Monal is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

See-see Partridge
Ammoperdix griseogularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The See-see Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Caucasus, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian rocky drylands. It walks, scratches, and…

Sharp-tailed Grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sharp-tailed Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Shelley's Francolin
Scleroptila shelleyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Shelley's Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Siamese Fireback
Lophura diardi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Siamese Fireback is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Indochina. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Siberian Grouse
Falcipennis falcipennis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Siberian Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Sichuan Partridge
Arborophila rufipectus
Endangered≈ 1K-2.5K

The Sichuan Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of China and East Asia. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Silver Pheasant
Lophura nycthemera
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Silver Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of forest, grassland, scrub, tundra, and mountain habitats. It walks, scratches, and…

Snow Mountain Quail
Synoicus monorthonyx
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Snow Mountain Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Snow Partridge
Lerwa lerwa
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Snow Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Sooty Grouse
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sooty Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Spruce Grouse
Canachites canadensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spruce Grouse is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Gallus lafayettii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sri Lanka Junglefowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sri Lanka. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Sri Lanka Spurfowl
Galloperdix bicalcarata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sri Lanka Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sri Lanka. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Stubble Quail
Coturnix pectoralis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Stubble Quail is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Australia and nearby islands. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Sumatran Partridge
Arborophila sumatrana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sumatran Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Sumatra. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Swainson's Spurfowl
Pternistis swainsonii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Swainson's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Swamp Francolin
Ortygornis gularis
Near Threatened≈ 7.5K–20K

The Swamp Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Swierstra's Spurfowl
Pternistis swierstrai
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Swierstra's Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Swinhoe's Pheasant
Lophura swinhoii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Swinhoe's Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Taiwan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge
Bambusicola sonorivox
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Taiwan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Taiwan Partridge
Arborophila crudigularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Taiwan Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Taiwan. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds, shoots,…

Temminck's Tragopan
Tragopan temminckii
Least Concern≈ 67K–340K

The Temminck's Tragopan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Tibetan Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon harmani
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tibetan Eared-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It walks, scratches, and…

Tibetan Partridge
Perdix hodgsoniae
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Tibetan Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It walks, scratches, and…

Tibetan Snowcock
Tetraogallus tibetanus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Tibetan Snowcock is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

Udzungwa Partridge
Xenoperdix udzungwensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Udzungwa Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks, scratches,…

Vietnamese Crested Argus
Rheinardia ocellata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Vietnamese Crested Argus is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Indochina. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for seeds,…

Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Capercaillie is a ground-dwelling gamebird of Eurasian forests, moors, steppes, and tundra. It walks, scratches, and…

Western Tragopan
Tragopan melanocephalus
Vulnerable≈ 3K–9.5K

The Western Tragopan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Himalayan foothills and adjacent mountains. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes…

White Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White Eared-Pheasant is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It walks, scratches, and…

White-cheeked Partridge
White-cheeked Partridge
Arborophila atrogularis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The White-cheeked Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

White-necklaced Partridge
Arborophila gingica
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-necklaced Partridge is a ground-dwelling gamebird of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, and montane habitats. It walks,…

White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucura
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-tailed Ptarmigan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches,…

White-throated Francolin
Campocolinus albogularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-throated Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover…

Whyte's Francolin
Scleroptila whytei
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Whyte's Francolin is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wild Turkey is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Willow Ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Willow Ptarmigan is a ground-dwelling gamebird of North American forests, prairies, tundra, and mountains. It walks, scratches, and…

Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Pternistis leucoscepus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-necked Spurfowl is a ground-dwelling gamebird of the Indian subcontinent. It walks, scratches, and dust-bathes through cover for…