List of North American birds (Galliiformes)
Order: Galliformes. Family: 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 colourful 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: Galliformes. Family: Numididae
- Helmeted Guineafowl, Numida meleagris (I)
New World quail
Order: Galliformes. Family: 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: Galliformes. Family: Phasianidae
The Phasianidae is a family of birds which 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