Phasianinae

Phasianinae

Mongolian ringneck-type common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) cock
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Phasianinae Horsfield, 1821
Type species
Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758
Genera
Afropavo Argusianus Catreus Chrysolophus Crossoptilon Gallus Ithaginis Lophophorus Lophura Pavo Phasianus Polyplectron Pucrasia Rheinardia Syrmaticus Tragopan

The Phasianinae (Horsfield, 1821) are a subfamily of the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of landfowl, the order Galliformes. The subfamily includes pheasants, tragopans, junglefowl, peafowl, and other similar birds. Although this subfamily was considered monophyletic and separated from the partridges, francolins, and Old World quails (Perdicinae) till the early 1990s,molecular phylogenies have shown that this two subfamilies actually constitute only one lineage. For example, some partridges (genus Perdix) are more closely affiliated to pheasants, whereas Old World quails and partridges from the genus Alectoris are closer to junglefowls.