List of birds of North America (Galliiformes)
Curassows and guans
Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae
The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colorful facial ornaments.
- Black guan, Chamaepetes unicolor NT
- Crested guan, Penelope purpurascens LC
- Gray-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps LC
- Great curassow, Crax rubra VU
- Highland guan, Penelopina nigra VU
- Horned guan, Oreophasis derbianus EN E
- Plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula LC
- Rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri LC
- Rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda LC
- Trinidad piping guan, Pipile pipile CR (ssp. pipile: E)
- West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala LC
- White-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra LC
Guineafowl
Order: Galliformes Family: Numididae
- Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris (I) LC
New World quail
Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae
The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.
- Banded quail, Philortyx fasciatus LC
- Bearded wood partridge, Dendrortyx barbatus VU
- Black-breasted wood quail, Odontophorus leucolaemus LC
- Black-eared wood quail, Odontophorus melanotis LC
- Black-throated bobwhite, Colinus nigrogularis LC
- Buffy-crowned wood partridge, Dendrortyx leucophrys LC
- California quail, Callipepla californica LC
- Crested bobwhite, Colinus cristatus LC
- Elegant quail, Callipepla douglasii LC
- Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii LC
- Long-tailed wood partridge, Dendrortyx macroura LC
- Marbled wood quail, Odontophorus gujanensis NT
- Montezuma quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae LC (Merriam's Montezuma quail C. m. merriami: E)
- Mountain quail, Oreortyx pictus LC
- Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus NT (Masked bobwhite C. v. ridgwayi : E)
- Ocellated quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus VU
- Scaled quail, Callipepla squamata LC
- Singing quail, Dactylortyx thoracicus LC
- Spotted wood quail, Odontophorus guttatus LC
- Tacarcuna wood quail, Odontophorus dialeucos VU
- Tawny-faced quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus LC
Grouse, turkeys and Old World quail
Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae
Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans.
- Chukar, Alectoris chukar (I) LC
- Common peafowl, Pavo cristatus (I) LC
- Dusky grouse, Dendragapus obscurus LC
- Gray partridge, Perdix perdix (I) LC
- Greater prairie chicken, Tympanuchus cupido VU (Attwater's prairie chicken T. c. attwateri: E)
- Greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus NT
- Gunnison sage-grouse, Centrocercus minimus EN
- Himalayan snowcock, Tetraogallus himalayensis (I) LC
- Lesser prairie chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus VU
- Ocellated turkey, Meleagris ocellata NT
- Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I) LC
- Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta LC
- Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus LC
- Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus LC
- Sooty grouse, Dendragapus *fuliginosus LC
- Spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis LC
- White-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura LC
- Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo LC
- Willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus LC