Belongs within: Galloanseres.
Contains: Cracidae, Phasiani.
The Galliformes, gamebirds, are a cosmopolitan group of heavy-bodied, largely terrestrial birds with short, rounded wings adapted for rapid bursts of flight; walking is commonly the preferred means of locomotion. Members of the galliform crown group are united by possession of a shallow cotyla scapularis on the coracoid (Mayr & Weidig 2004). The Indo-Australian Megapodiidae are unique among modern birds in burying their eggs in a source of warmth, usually a mound of rotting vegetation, for incubation rather than using the heat of their own bodies.
<==Galliformes [Craci]
| i. s.: TinochorusB41
| |--T. dorbignyanusB41
| `--T. eschscholtziiF43
|--Sylviornis [Sylviornithes, Sylviornithidae]WD17
| `--S. neocaledoniae Poplin 1980WD17
`--+--Megavitiornis Worthy 2000WD17, W00
| `--*M. altirostris Worthy 2000W00
`--+--+--CracidaeMW04
| `--PhasianiMW04
`--MegapodiidaeMW04
| i. s.: Chosornis praeteritusFP64
| Progura gallinacea De Vis 1889W00, U93 [incl. P. naracoortensis van Tets 1974W00]
| Ngawupodius minya Boles & Ivison 1999M09
| MwalauWD17
|--+--Talegalla Lesson 1828WD17, B94 [Talegallidae]
| | |--T. cuvieriJT12
| | |--T. fuscirostrisW00
| | `--T. jobiensisW00
| `--+--Leipoa Gould 1840WD17, B94 [Leipoidae]
| | `--L. ocellata Gould 1840WS48
| `--+--AepypodiusBKB15
| | |--A. arfakiensis (Salvadori 1877)APB99
| | `--A. bruijni (Oustalet 1880)APB99
| `--Alectura Latham 1824WD17, B94 [incl. Catheturus Swainson 1837B94; Alecturidae, Catheturidae]
| `--A. lathami Gray 1831 [=Catheturus lathami, Tallegallus lathami]CC10
| |--A. l. lathamiPB96
| `--A. l. purpureicollis (Le Souëf 1898)PB96
`--+--Macrocephalon Müller 1846WD17, B94 [Macrocephalidae]
| `--M. maleoW00
`--+--Eulipoa wallaceiWD17
`--Megapodius Gaimard 1823WD17, B94
| i. s.: M. alimentum Steadman 1989W00
| M. amissus Worthy 2000W00
| M. bernsteiniiJT12
| M. decollatusAP21
| M. geelvinkianusJT12
| M. laperouseW00
| |--M. l. laperouseFP64
| `--M. l. senexFP64
| M. molistructorW00
| M. nicobariensisJT12
|--M. wallaceiBKB15
`--+--+--M. cumingiiBKB15
| | |--M. c. cumingiiR02
| | `--M. c. sanghirensisR02
| `--M. tenimberensisBKB15
`--+--+--M. layardiBKB15
| `--M. pritchardiiBKB15
`--+--+--M. eremitaBKB15
| `--M. reinwardt Dumont 1823BKB15, PB96
| |--M. r. reinwardtPB96
| |--M. r. tumulus Gould 1842PB96
| `--M. r. yorki Mathews 1929PB96
`--+--M. affinisBKB15
`--+--M. forsteniiBKB15
`--M. freycinet Gaimard 1823BKB15, C04
|--M. f. freycinetWS48
`--M. f. tumulus Gould 1842WS48
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[B41] Bridges, T. 1841. Notes on various birds and mammals from Chile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 93–95.
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[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.
[C04] Clarke, J. A. 2004. Morphology, phylogenetic taxonomy, and systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae: Ornithurae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 286: 1–179.
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[M09] Mayr, G. 2009. Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer.
[MW04] Mayr, G., & I. Weidig. 2004. The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis—a stem group representative of Galliformes. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (2): 211–217.
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[U93] Unwin, D. M. 1993. Aves. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 717–737. Chapman & Hall: London.
[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.
[W00] Worthy, T. H. 2000. The fossil megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30 (4): 337–364.
[WD17] Worthy, T. H., F. J. Degrange, W. D. Handley & M. S. Y. Lee. 2017. The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres). Royal Society Open Science 4: 170975.