page_title: List of birds of Pakistan
section_title: Pheasants, grouse, and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Pakistan / Pheasants, grouse, and allies
caption_attribution_description: Kaleej Pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Pakistan. The avifauna of Pakistan include a total of 768 species, of which five are national symbols of Pakistan; the chukar pheasant is the national bird; the shaheen falcon is the symbolic icon of the Pakistan Air Force and the Pakistan Avicultural Foundation and the national bird of prey; the Asiatic peafowl is the national heritage bird; the cotton teal is the national aquatic bird of Pakistan; and the rose-ringed parakeet is the national pet.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature generally follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Accidental species are included in the total species count for Pakistan.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Pakistan
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Pakistan but exists in other places
  National symbols of Pakistan include:
context_section_description: Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae
  The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowls, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. Of most species the numbers have declined considerably over the last decennia.
  Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus – national heritage bird
  See-see partridge, Ammoperdix griseogularis
  Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
  Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica
  Chukar pheasant, Alectoris chukar – national bird
  Himalayan snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis
  Tibetan snowcock, Tetraogallus tibetanus
  Jungle bush-quail, Perdicula asiatica
  Black francolin, Francolinus francolinus
  Gray francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
  Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
  Himalayan monal, Lophophorus impejanus – state bird of Azad Kashmir
  Snow partridge, Lerwa lerwa
  Western tragopan, Tragopan melanocephalus
  Cheer pheasant, Catreus wallichii
  Kalij pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos – provincial bird of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  Koklass pheasant, Pucrasia macrolopha
caption: The kalij pheasant is the provincial bird of Afghania
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