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单词 Gallinaceous birds
释义

Gallinaceous birds

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鸡形目 Galliformes

(重定向自Gallinaceous birds)

鸡形目在生物分类学上是鸟纲中的一个目。人们通常把这一目的鸟中体形较大种的统称为“鸡”,体形较小的一些种类称为“鹑”。由于这一目的鸟腿脚强健,擅长在地面奔跑,按生态习性,被称为陆禽。这一目中的鸟有些体态雄健优美,色彩艳丽,其中不少是珍稀物种和经济物种,与人类的生活关系密切。

英语百科

Galliformes 鸡形目

(重定向自Gallinaceous birds)
Despite its distinct appearance, the wild turkey is actually a very close relative of pheasants
Palaeortyx skeleton, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Female (left) and male common pheasants: Sexual dimorphism is conspicuous in this species, one of the most apomorphic gamefowl

The Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey, grouse, chicken, New World quail and Old World quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, junglefowl and the Cracidae. The name derives from "gallus", Latin for "cock" or "rooster". Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds, or galliforms. "Wildfowl" or just "fowl" are also often used for the Galliformes, but usually these terms also refer to waterfowl (Anseriformes), and occasionally to other commonly hunted birds. This group has about 290 species, one or more of which are found in essentially every part of the world's continents (except for the innermost deserts and perpetual ice). They are rarer on islands, and in contrast to the closely related waterfowl, are essentially absent from oceanic islands—unless introduced there by humans. Several species have been domesticated during their long and extensive relationships with humans.

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