Galliformes

**Galliformes** adalah satu order unggas buruan atau belaan berbadan besar yang mencari makan di daratan, yang mana termasuk ayam belanda, ayam-raya, ayam, pikau Dunia Baru dan Lama, ayam-salji, sang-seruk, burung kuang dan ayam-Amerika. Nama-nama biasa lain termasuk **mergastua** atau **unggas buruan** atau **galliforms**. 

## Nota kaki

## Rujukan
*  (2006): Neornithine bird coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. *Ameghiniana* **43**(1): 245–248. HTML fulltext
*  (2004): Morphology, Phylogenetic Taxonomy, and Systematics of *Ichthyornis* and *Apatornis* (Avialae: Ornithurae). *Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History* **286**: 1–179 PDF fulltext
*  (2006a): Supra-generic cladistics of landfowl (Order Galliformes). *Acta Zoologica Sinica* **52**(Supplement): 358–361. PDF fulltext
*  (2006b): Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data. *[[Cladistics (journal)|Cladistics]]* **22**(6): 495–532.  PDF fulltext 
*  (2003): Suprageneric relationships of galliform birds (Aves, Galliformes): a cladistic analysis of morphological characters. *[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|Zool. J. Linn. Soc.]]* **137**(2): 227–244.  PDF fulltext
*  (1999): A molecular phylogeny of the pheasants and partridges suggests that these lineages are not monophyletic. *[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.]]* **11**(1): 38–54.  PDF fulltext
*  (2001): A molecular phylogeny of the peacock-pheasants (Galliformes: *Polyplectron* spp.) indicates loss and reduction of ornamental traits and display behaviours. *[[Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|Biol. J. Linn. Soc.]]* **73**(2): 187–198.  PDF fulltext 
*  (2006): Using molecular phylogenetics to interpret evolutionary changes in morphology and behavior in the Phasianidae. *Acta Zoologica Sinica* **52**(Supplement): 362–365. PDF fulltext 
*  (2004): The Early Eocene bird *Gallinuloides wyomingensis* &ndash; a stem group representative of Galliformes. *Acta Palaeontologica Polonica* **49**(2): 211–217. PDF fulltext
*  (2005): *Gallus gallus* aggrecan gene-based phylogenetic analysis of selected avian taxonomic groups. *Genetica* **124**(1): 23–32.  (HTML abstract)
*  (1996): Parataxonomic classification of ornithoid eggshell fragments from the Oldman Formation (Judith River Group; Upper Cretaceous), Southern Alberta. *Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences* **33**(12): 1655–1667. PDF fulltext

*Bent, Arthur C. 1963. Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds, New York:  Dover Publications, Inc.
*Eaton, Stephen W. 1992. The Birds of North America: Wild Turkey No. 22.  The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington DC: The American Ornithologists’ Union.
*Forbush, Edward H. 1929. Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States, Norwood Massachusetts: Norwood press.
*Harrison, Kit and George. 1990. The Birds of Winter, New York: Random House.
*Pearson, T. Gilbert, et al. 1936. Birds of America, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
*Peterson, M.J. 2000. The Birds of North America: Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula), No. 550. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
*Robbins, Chandler S. et al. 1966.  A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America, New York: Golden Press.

## Pautan luar

* The World Pheasant Association - The ultimate authority on Galliformes
* Gamebird Journal - An Online Magazine Devoted To The Gamebird Enthusiast 
* Galliformes - Conservation and aviculture