Tetraogallini

Translingual

Etymology

Tetraogallus +‎ -ini

Proper noun

Tetraogallini

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Phasianidae – Old World partridges and quail, spurfowl.

Hypernyms

• (order): 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 - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (order): Ammoperdix (some partridges), Synoicus (brown quail etc.) (syn. Excalfactoria), Margaroperdix (Madagascaran partridge), Anurophasis (Snow Mountain quail), Coturnix (mouse pheasants), Tetraogallus (snowcocks), Alectoris (rock partridges), Ophrysia (Himilayan quails), Perdicula (bush quails), Pternistis (partridge-francolins and African spurfowls) - genera

References

• Phasianidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phasianidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phasianidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phasianidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• “Tetraogallini”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026