List of birds of North America (Galliiformes)

Order: GalliformesFamily: Cracidae

The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are GeneRally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colorful facial ornaments.

• Black guan, Chamaepetes unicolor
• Crested guan, Penelope purpurascens
• Gray-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
• Great curassow, Crax rubra
• Highland guan, Penelopina nigra
• Horned guan, Oreophasis derbianus
• Plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula
• Rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri
• Rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda
• Trinidad piping guan, Pipile pipile (ssp. pipile: )
• West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala
• White-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra

Guineafowl

Order: GalliformesFamily: Numididae

• Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris (I)

New World quail

Order: GalliformesFamily: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.

• Banded quail, Philortyx fasciatus
• Bearded wood partridge, Dendrortyx barbatus
• Black-breasted wood quail, Odontophorus leucolaemus
• Black-eared wood quail, Odontophorus melanotis
• Black-throated bobwhite, Colinus nigrogularis
• Buffy-crowned wood partridge, Dendrortyx leucophrys
• California quail, Callipepla californica
• Crested bobwhite, Colinus cristatus
• Elegant quail, Callipepla douglasii
• Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii
• Long-tailed wood partridge, Dendrortyx macroura
• Marbled wood quail, Odontophorus gujanensis
• Montezuma quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae (Merriam's Montezuma quail C. m. merriami: )
• Mountain quail, Oreortyx pictus
• Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (Masked bobwhite C. v. ridgwayi: )
• Ocellated quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus
• Scaled quail, Callipepla squamata
• Singing quail, Dactylortyx thoracicus
• Spotted wood quail, Odontophorus guttatus
• Tacarcuna wood quail, Odontophorus dialeucos
• Tawny-faced quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus

Grouse, turkeys and Old World quail

Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae

Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans.

• Chukar, Alectoris chukar (I)
• Common peafowl, Pavo cristatus (I)
• Dusky grouse, Dendragapus obscurus
• Gray partridge, Perdix perdix (I)
• Greater prairie chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (Attwater's prairie chicken T. c. attwateri: )
• Greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus
• Gunnison sage-grouse, Centrocercus minimus
• Himalayan snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis (I)
• Lesser prairie chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
• Ocellated turkey, Meleagris ocellata
• Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I)
• Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
• Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus
• Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
• Sooty grouse, Dendragapus *fuliginosus
• Spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis
• White-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura
• Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
• Willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus