Partridge Francolin and Quails of India – Pheasants Birds

Pheasants birds has several genera within the family and are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism.
Here is the list of different species of ground-living birds that includes Quails, Partridges, Francolins and Junglefowls.

Quails

Quails are mid-sized birds found in the Indian Sub-continent and feeds on seeds of grasses and other plants.
Some of the species of quails found in India are Himalayan quail, Common quail, Rain quail and Jungle Bush Quail.

Francolins

Grey francolin is the most popular known species of francolin found in the Indian subcontinent, plains and drier parts of the country.
They are mainly ground-living birds and local name known as teetar based on their calls, Ka-tee-tar…tee-tar.

काला तीतर – Black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is another beautiful back bird in the pheasant family, formerly known as the black partridge and state bird of Haryana.

Partridges

Partridges are medium-sized game birds native to Europe, Asia and Africa.
Snow Partridge is another gamebird from the pheasant family and distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of India.

Chukar Partridge or Indian chukar found in inner hill ranges of the western Himalayas in India to Nepal.
Indian chukar partridge were once a very popular game birds of India.

Pheasants

Pheasants are birds characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, and are ground birds that eat mostly seeds, grains, roots, and berries.
Some of the Fantastic Pheasants of Uttarakhand are cheer pheasant, Himalayan monal, koklass pheasant and Kalij pheasants.

Snowcock

The Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) from the pheasant family is found in the mountains of Himalayas and seems as a large grey partridge-like bird.

Tragopans

Tragopan are also from the pheasant family Phasianidae and commonly called horned pheasants in India.
The genus contains five species and four are found in India – Western tragopan, Satyr tragopan, Temminck’s tragopan and Blyth’s tragopan.

Junglefowls

Junglefowls are ground-living birds from same family of Phasianidae like partridges and Francolins.
There are only two species of junglefowl bird found in India, Red junglefowl and Grey junglefowl – predominantly terrestrial birds of Indian forest.

Sandgrouse

Sandgroose are pigeon-like ground-dwelling birds with powerful muscles of the wings for rapid take off.
Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Painted sandgrouse and Tibetan sandgrouse are three species of Sandgrouse found in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, Kutch Desert of Gujarat and in the Cold Desert of Ladakh.