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Hi Guys,
I think David was right. I believe the word ending
"-id" applies only to the family taxon, not the order taxon. Hint as to why, all
family names end in "idae", hence the "id", whereas all order names end in
"iformes". So the word Gallid is incorrect. Therefore, chickens, quails,
pheasants, etc. are members of the family Phasianidae, which is a subset of the
order Galliformes. So therefore they are Phasianids, and all Phasianids
are Galliformes. Other families of Galliformes appear to be Meleagrididae
(Turkeys), Tetraonidae (Grouse), Numididae (Guineafowl) and Opisthocomidae
(Hoatzin). Although, apart from the weird Hoatzin, I don't know what is so
different about those non Phasianid Galliformes to put them in other
families.
Philip
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