Galliformes include 290 species of quail, pheasants, turkeys, partridges, grouse, peacocks, guans, curassows, and guinea fowl. Prized as game birds and reared for their meat and eggs, these stout ...

But one group of birds sticks it out year-round, subsisting on nothing but leaves and twigs: the galliformes. Ivett — who once spent a week in a remote Oaxacan town eating only beans — can attest that ...

Les turnix (famille des Turnicidae) étaient traditionnellement placés parmi les Galliformes, mais désormais ils constituent une famille de l'ordre des Gruiformes. L'hoazin était autrefois inclus dans ...