This is a list of Galliformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
This list is not comprehensive, as not all Galliformes have had their numbers quantified.
Common name | Binomial name | data-sort-type="number" width="15%" | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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Himalayan quail | Ophrysia superciliosa | 1 - 49[1] | align=center style="background:#F08080" | Unknown | |||
Alagoas curassow | Mitu mitu | 130[2] | align=center style="background:#A9A9A9" | N/A | Total world population now held in two aviaries; 35% of individuals are hybrids. | ||
White-winged guan | Penelope albipennis | 200[3] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Trinidad piping guan | Pipile pipile | 150 - 330[4] | align=center style="background:#F08080" | ||||
Red-knobbed curassow | Crax blumenbachii | 130 - 170[5] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Blue-knobbed curassow | Crax alberti | 1,000 - 2,499[6] | align=center style="background:#F08080" | ||||
Djibouti francolin | Francolinus ochropectus | 200 – 500[7] | align=center style="background:#F08080" | ||||
Cauca guan | Penelope perspicax | 1,000 – 2,500[8] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Hainan peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron katsumatae | 800 – 2,000[9] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Wattled curassow | Crax globulosa | 250 – 999[10] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | Numbers may be underestimated. | |||
Tongan megapode | Megapodius pritchardii | 250 – 999[11] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Bornean peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron schleiermacheri | 600 – 1,700[12] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Chestnut-bellied guan | Penelope ochrogaster | 1,000 – 15,000[13] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Horned guan | Oreophasis derbianus | 600 – 1,700[14] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Mount Cameroon francolin | Francolinus camerunensis | 700 – 1,500[15] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Vietnamese pheasant | Lophura hatinhensis | 50 – 249[16] | align=center style="background:#F08080" | ||||
Crimson-headed partridge | Haematortyx sanguiniceps | 670 – 6,700[17] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Tanimbar megapode | Megapodius tenimberensis | 670 – 6,700[18] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Waigeo brushturkey | Aepypodius bruijnii | 977[19] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | Minimum 977 mature individuals, equivalent to 1,400 total. | |||
Helmeted curassow | Pauxi pauxi | 1,000 – 2,499[20] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Sichuan partridge | Arborophila rufipectus | 1,000 – 2,499[21] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Horned curassow | Pauxi unicornis | 1,000 – 4,999[22] | align=center style="background:#F08080" | ||||
Micronesian megapode | Megapodius laperouse | 2,600 – 15,400[23] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Gorgeted wood quail | Odontophorus strophium | 2,500 – 9,999[24] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Gunnison grouse | Centrocercus minimus | 2500 – 2600[25] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Black-fronted piping guan | Pipile jacutinga | 2500 – 9999[26] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Black-fronted wood quail | Odontophorus atrifrons | 2500 – 9999[27] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Malayan peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron malacense | 2500 – 9999[28] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Orange-necked partridge | Arborophila davidi | 2500 – 9999[29] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Rufous-headed chachalaca | Ortalis erythroptera | 2500 – 9999[30] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Taiwan partridge | Arborophila crudigularis | 2500 – 9999[31] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Venezuelan wood quail | Odontophorus columbianus | 2500 – 9999[32] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Udzungwa forest partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis | 3000 – 4000[33] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Biak scrubfowl | Megapodius geelvinkianus | 3500 – 15 000[34] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Blyth's tragopan | Tragopan blythii | 3500 – 15 000[35] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Bulwer's pheasant | Lophura bulweri | 3500 – 15 000[36] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Cabot's tragopan | Tragopan caboti | 3500 – 15 000[37] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Chestnut-breasted partridge | Arborophila mandellii | 3500 – 15 000[38] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Chestnut wood quail | Odontophorus hyperythrus | 3500 – 15 000[39] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Congo peacock | Afropavo congensis | 3500 – 15 000[40] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Hoogerwerf's pheasant | Lophura hoogerwerfi | 3500 – 15 000[41] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Chinese grouse | Tetrastes sewerzowi | ? [42] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | NT | |||
Manipur bush quail | Perdicula manipurensis | 3500 – 15 000[43] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Mountain peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron inopinatum | 3500 – 15 000[44] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Reeves's pheasant | Syrmaticus reevesii | 3500 – 15 000[45] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Salvadori's pheasant | Lophura inornata | 3500 – 15 000[46] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Sclater's monal | Lophophorus sclateri | 3500 – 15 000[47] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Vanuatu megapode | Megapodius layardi | 2,500 – 9,999[48] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
White-browed guan | Penelope jacucaca | 3500 – 15 000[49] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Hainan partridge | Arborophila ardens | 3900 – 5200[50] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Cheer pheasant | Catreus wallichi | 4000 – 6000[51] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Swinhoe's pheasant | Lophura swinhoii | 5000 – 10 000[52] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Brown eared pheasant | Crossoptilon mantchuricum | 5000 – 17 000[53] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Bearded wood partridge | Dendrortyx barbatus | 5400[54] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Wattled guan | Aburria aburri | 6,700[55] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
White-crested guan | Penelope pileata | 10 000[56] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | Preliminary minimum estimate. | |||
Bearded guan | Penelope barbata | 10 000 – 19 999[57] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Crested argus | Rheinardia ocellata | 10 000 – 19 999[58] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Dark-backed wood quail | Odontophorus melanonotus | 10 000 – 20 000[59] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Germain's peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron germaini | 10 000 – 19 999[60] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Harwood's francolin | Francolinus harwoodi | 10 000 – 19 999[61] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Mikado pheasant | Syrmaticus mikado | 10 000 – 19 999[62] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Mrs. Hume's pheasant | Syrmaticus humiae | 10 000 – 19 999[63] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Ring-necked francolin | Francolinus streptophorus | 10 000 – 19 999[64] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Satyr tragopan | Tragopan satyra | 10 000 – 19 999[65] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Tacarcuna wood quail | Odontophorus dialeucos | 10 000 – 19 999[66] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Chinese monal | Lophophorus lhuysii | 10 000 – 25 000[67] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Baudo guan | Penelope ortoni | 10 000 – 32 000[68] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Yellow-knobbed curassow | Crax daubentoni | 10 000 – 40 000[69] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Caspian snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius | 10 000 – 50 000[70] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
White eared pheasant | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | 10 000 – 50 000[71] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Great curassow | Crax rubra | 10 000 – 60 000[72] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Dusky megapode | Megapodius freycinet | 10 000 – 100 000[73] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Maleo | Macrocephalon maleo | 12 000 – 21 000[74] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Red-throated piping guan | Pipile cujubi | 15 000 – 25 000[75] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Black partridge | Melanoperdix niger | 15 000 – 30 000[76] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Crestless fireback | Lophura erythrophthalma | 15 000 – 30 000[77] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Green peafowl | Pavo muticus | 15 000 – 30 000[78] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Sula megapode | Megapodius bernsteinii | 15 000 – 30 000[79] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Swamp francolin | Francolinus gularis | 15 000 – 30 000[80] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Lesser prairie chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | 20 000 – 40 000[81] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Buffy-crowned wood partridge | Dendrortyx leucophrys | 20 000 – 49 999[82] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Chestnut-headed partridge | Arborophila cambodiana | 20 000 – 50 000[83] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Crested guan | Penelope purpurascens | 20 000 – 49 999[84] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Long-tailed wood partridge | Dendrortyx macroura | 20 000 – 49 999[85] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Moluccan megapode | Eulipoa wallacei | 20 000 – 49 999[86] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Ocellated turkey | Meleagris ocellata | 20 000 – 49 999[87] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Domestic turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | 450 000 000 | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | no IUCN status for domesticated birds | |||
Palawan peacock-pheasant | Polyplectron napoleonis | 20 000 – 49 999[88] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Siamese fireback | Lophura diardi | 20 000 – 49 999[89] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Spotted wood quail | Odontophorus guttatus | 20 000 – 49 999[90] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Salvin's curassow | Mitu salvini | 50 000[91] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Maximum estimate. | |||
Nahan's partridge | Francolinus nahani | 50 000 – 99 999[92] | align=center style="background:#FAEB86" | ||||
Banded quail | Philortyx fasciatus | 50 000 – 499 999[93] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Elegant quail | Callipepla douglasii | 50 000 – 499 999[94] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Rufous-bellied chachalaca | Ortalis wagleri | 50 000 – 499 999[95] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Singing quail | Dactylortyx thoracicus | 50 000 – 499 999[96] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
West Mexican chachalaca | Ortalis poliocephala | 50 000 – 499 999[97] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
White-bellied chachalaca | Ortalis leucogastra | 50 000 – 499 999[98] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Yucatan bobwhite | Colinus nigrogularis | 50 000 – 499 999[99] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Caucasian grouse | Tetrao mlokosiewiczi | 60 000 – 108 000[100] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
White-breasted guineafowl | Agelastes meleagrides | 85 000 – 115 000[101] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | Estimate dates from 1995. | |||
Highland guan | Penelopina nigra | 91 000[102] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | Maximum estimate. | |||
Caucasian snowcock | Tetraogallus caucasicus | 96 000 – 201 000[103] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Temminck's tragopan | Tragopan temminckii | 100 000[104] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Great argus | Argusianus argus | 100 000[105] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | Minimum estimate. | |||
Elliot's pheasant | Syrmaticus ellioti | 100 000 – 200 000[106] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Orange-footed scrubfowl | Megapodius reinwardt | 100 000 – 1 000 000[107] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Rock partridge | Alectoris graeca | 120 000 – 230 000[108] | align=center style="background:#CEF2E0" | ||||
Malleefowl | Leipoa ocellata | 150 000[109] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Plain chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | 500 000 – 4 999 999[110] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Greater prairie chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | 700 000[111] | align=center style="background:#b0f4b0" | ||||
Chukar partridge | Alectoris chukar | 2 000 000 – 10 000 000[112] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Grey partridge | Perdix perdix | 5 000 000 – 10 000 000[113] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Western capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | 5 000 000 – 10 000 000[114] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Red-legged partridge | Alectoris rufa | 6 000 000 – 13 500 000[115] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | ||||
Rock ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | 8 000 000[116] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Minimum estimate. | |||
Black grouse | Tetrao tetrix | 15 000 000 – 40 000 000[117] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Hazel grouse | Bonasa bonasia | 15 000 000 – 40 000 000[118] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Common quail | Coturnix coturnix | 35 000 000 – 300 000 000[119] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Willow ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | 40 000 000[120] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Minimum estimate. | |||
Common pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 160 000 000 – 220 000 000[121] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | Preliminary estimate. | |||
Red junglefowl | Gallus gallus | unknown | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | LC[122] | |||
Chicken | Gallus domesticus | 33 000 000 000[123] | align=center style="background:#B0E0E6" | no IUCN status for domesticated birds | This is a subspecies of Red junglefowl with attributes of other species | ||