Gallus Brisson 1766 (junglefowl)

Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mlikovsky 2002, Norell and Clarke 2001, Wang et al. 2013, Wang et al. 2014 and Worthy and Burley 2019

Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Coturnix, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Francolinus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Lyrurus, Margaroperdix, Meleagris, Miogallus, Miophasianus, Palaeocryptonyx, Palaeortyx, Pavo, Peliperdix, Percolinus, Perdicinae, Perdix, Phasianinae, Phasianus, Pirortyx, Pliogallus, Plioperdix, Pternistis, Rollulinae, Schaubortyx, Scleroptila, Synoicus, Tetrao, Tetraogallus, Tetraoninae, Tetrastes, Tympanuchus

Subtaxa: Gallus beremendensis Gallus bravardi Gallus europaeus Gallus gallus Gallus moldovicus

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Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), the Bahamas (1), Cook Islands (11), France (1), French Polynesia (10), French Southern Territories (1), Georgia (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Micronesia (4), Monaco (1), New Zealand (1), Niue (6), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Romania (1), Solomon Islands (24), Tonga (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1), Wallis and Futuna (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (1)

• Miocene of Greece (1)

Total: 82 collections including 85 occurrences

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