Pangalliformes

Pangalliformes
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Recent
Male grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Galloanserae
Clade: Pangalliformes
Clarke, 2004
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Panphasianiformes
  • Gallimorphae
  • Phasianimorphae

Pangalliformes is the scientific name of a provisional clade of birds within the group Galloanserae. It is defined as all birds more closely related to chickens than to ducks, and includes all modern chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and megapodes, as well as extinct species that do not fall within the crown group Galliformes.