Gallini (bird)

{{Short description|Tribe of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Grey Junglefowl by Samad Kottur.jpg

| image_caption = Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)

| taxon = Gallini

| authority = Brehm, 1831

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = Bambusicola

Gallus

Peliperdix

Ortygornis

Francolinus

Campocolinus

Scleroptila

}}

Gallini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Phasianinae. It includes the bamboo partridges, francolins and junglefowl (including the chicken). Members of this tribe are found in both Asia and tropical Africa. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and has been accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.{{Cite journal | last1=Kimball | first1=R.T. | last2=Hosner | first2=P.A. | last3=Braun | first3=E.L. | date=2021 | title=A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=158 | pages=107091 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091| pmid=33545275 | bibcode=2021MolPE.15807091K | s2cid=231963063 }}{{Cite web|title=Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/taxonomy/|access-date=2021-08-01|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Galliformes|url=http://www.bird-phylogeny.de/superorders/galloanseres/galliformes/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=bird-phylogeny|language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |title=H&M4 Checklist family by family - The Trust for Avian Systematics |url=https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=11 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.aviansystematics.org}}

Species

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!Living species

File:Bambusicola fytchii -Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington, USA-8a.jpg

|Bambusicola {{au|Gould, 1863}}

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File:Red Junglefowl (male) - Thailand.jpg

|Gallus {{au| Brisson, 1760}}

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File:Peliperdix lathami - Royal Museum for Central Africa - DSC06817.JPG

|Peliperdix {{au| Bonaparte, 1856}}

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File:Francolín capirotado (Dendroperdix sephaena), parque nacional de Chobe, Botsuana, 2018-07-28, DD 101.jpg

|Ortygornis {{au| Reichenbach, 1852}}

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File:Francolinus francolinus, Azerbaijan.jpg

|Francolinus {{au|Stephens, 1819}}

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File:Coqui francolin (Peliperdix coqui).jpg

|Campocolinus {{au|Crowe et al, 2020}}

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File:Scleroptila levaillantii00, crop.jpg

|Scleroptila {{au|Blyth, 1852}}

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Category:Bird tribes

Category:Gallini