Galliformes


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Related to Galliformes: Gruiformes, Anseriformes
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Noun1.Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
family Meleagrididae, Meleagrididae - turkeys and some extinct forms
Cracidae, family Cracidae - curassows; guans; chachalacas
family Phasianidae, Phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges
family Opisthocomidae, Opisthocomidae - comprising the hoatzins
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Um aspecto relevante nesse caso e o fato de que essas aves estavam alojadas proximas a Galliformes domesticos (galinhas, perus e faisoes), que se encontravam encerrados em um espaco localizado a aproximadamente 30 metros de distancia.
Se localiza bajo la membrana nictitante, saco conjuntival y conductos lagrimonasales de aves domesticas y silvestres: Galliformes, Columbiformes, Anseriformes, Phasianidae, Psitaciformes [3,5].
Human impact on populations of chachalacas, guans and currasows (Galliformes: Cracidae) in Venezuela.
Eastern Siberia Taxonomic order Lena Khromskaya Indigirka River Delta (1) Bay (2) River Delta (3) Gaviiformes 2 2 2 Anseriformes 13 6 10 Falconiformes 4 2 2 Galliformes 2 0 1 Gruiformes 0 0 0 Charadriiformes 24 13 22 Strigiformes 1 1 2 Passeriformes 8 4 6 Total species 54 28 45 Shannon-Wiener H 65.0 63.4 63.1 (8)
Three of the taxa (waterfowl, shorebirds, and galliformes) have precocial young and the other three (raptors, owls, and icterines) have altricial young.
The least number of birds were recorded of Galliformes (n=16) (0.29%), Anseriformes (n=10) (0.18%) and Strigiformes (n=7) (0.13%), respectively were represented by only one species (Fig.
A retrospective study reports that lymphoma is the most common neoplasia reported in Psittaciformes, Galliformes, and Passeriformes.
Within the context of prairie avifauna, past research has focused on assessing the impacts of energy development on resident ground nesting Galliformes. This is because their life history strategies could make them more vulnerable to human development when compared to migratory species (Storch 2007, Hovick et al.
Distribution and status of Galliformes in the United Arab Emirates.
Estos malofagos parasitan aves del orden Galliformes, incluyendo aves de la familia Cracidae y Phasianidae (Price et al., 2003).
Transmission of subtype H5N1 to poultry populations by this group of resident bird species is more likely than transmission by other resident birds, including those belonging to the Galliformes, Gruiformes, Piciformes, Psittaciformes, and Struthioniformes orders.