Rollulinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Straußwachtel männlich (Rollulus rouloul).jpg

| image_caption = Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

| taxon = Rollulinae

| authority = Bonaparte, 1850

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

| synonyms = Arborophilinae

}}

Rollulinae is a bird subfamily containing the jungle and wood partridges. They are the most basal member of the family Phasianidae, having diverged during the late Eocene or early Oligocene, about 30-35 million years ago.{{Cite web|url=http://eol.org/search?q=Wood+Partridge&search=Go|title=Search: Wood partridge - Encyclopedia of Life}}{{Cite web|title=Galliformes|url=http://www.bird-phylogeny.de/superorders/galloanseres/galliformes/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=bird-phylogeny|language=de-DE}} Many taxonomists formerly placed this subfamily within the Perdicinae, but more recent studies have affirmed its existence, and it is accepted by taxonomic authorities such as the International Ornithological Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=677532#null|title=ITIS - Report: Perdicinae}}{{Cite journal|date=2021-05-01|title=A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790321000245|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=158|pages=107091|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091|issn=1055-7903|last1=Kimball|first1=Rebecca T.|last2=Hosner|first2=Peter A.|last3=Braun|first3=Edward L.|pmid=33545275|bibcode=2021MolPE.15807091K |s2cid=231963063|url-access=subscription}}{{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}}

Members of this family are mostly found in east and southeast Asia, along with a single basal genus containing two species endemic to two mountain ranges in Tanzania.

Species in taxonomic order

This list is ordered to show presumed relationships between species.

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!Genus

!Living species

|Xenoperdix

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File:Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus.jpg

|Caloperdix

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File:Rollulus rouloul qtl2.jpg

|Rollulus

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File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.AVES.25872 - Melanoperdix niger niger Vigors, 1829 - Phasianidae - skin specimen.jpeg

|Melanoperdix

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File:Arborophila rubrirostris 59388896.jpg

|Arborophila

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References

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Category:Rollulinae

Category:Bird subfamilies

Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte

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