page_title: List of birds of Telangana
section_title: Pheasants and partridges
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Telangana / Pheasants and partridges
caption_attribution_description: Turnix suscitator taigoor. From Hessarghatta, Bangalore, India
context_page_description: The official state bird of Telangana, India, is the pala pitta, also known as the Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis. The latest update follows the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 10.2, published in 2020.
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.
  Grey francolin, Francolinus pondicerianus
  Painted francolin, Francolinus pictus
  Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
  Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica
  Blue-breasted quail, Excalfactoria chinensis
  Jungle bush-quail, Perdicula asiatica
  Rock bush-quail, Perdicula argoondah
  Painted bush-quail, Perdicula erythrorhyncha
  Red spurfowl, Galloperdix spadicea
  Painted spurfowl, Galloperdix lunulata
  Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
  Grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii
  Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus
caption: Barred buttonquail
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