Gallini

Translingual

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Etymology

Gallus +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Gallini

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Phasianidae.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Galloanseri – superorder; Galliformes – order; Phasianidae – family; Perdicinae or Phasianinae (syn. Pavoninae) – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (tribe): Bambuscicola (bamboo partridges); Gallus (junglefowl); Peliperdix, Francolinus (from which Ortygornis, Afrocolinus, and Campocolinus have been recently extracted), Scleroptila (true francolins) – genera

References

• Phasianinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phasianinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phasianidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pericinae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phasianidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Perdicinae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Phasianidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux