Template:Galliformes list

A tentative list of the higher-level galliform taxa, listed in evolutionary sequence, is:
 * †Archaeophasianus Lambrecht 1933 (Oligocene? – Late Miocene)
 * †Argillipes Harrison & Walker 1977
 * †Austinornis Clarke 2004 [Pedioecetes Baird 1858 ] (Austin Chalk Late Cretaceous of Fort McKinney, USA)
 * †Chambiortyx Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2013
 * †Coturnipes Harrison & Walker 1977
 * †Cyrtonyx tedfordi (Barstow Late Miocene of Barstow, USA)
 * †Linquornis Yeh 1980 (middle Miocene)
 * †Namaortyx Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford & 2011
 * †Palaeorallus alienus Kuročkin 1968 nomen dubium
 * †Sobniogallus Tomek et al. 2014
 * †Tristraguloolithus Zelenitsky, Hills & Curri 1996 [ootaxa- cracid?]
 * †Procrax Tordoff & Macdonald 1957 (middle Eocene? – Early Oligocene)
 * †Paleophasianus Wetmore 1940
 * †Taoperdix Milne-Edwards 1869 (Late Oligocene)
 * Family †Paraortygidae Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * †Pirortyx Brodkorb 1964
 * †Scopelortyx Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford & Senut 2015
 * †Paraortyx  Gaillard 1908 sensu Brodkorb 1964
 * Family †Quercymegapodiidae Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * †Taubacrex de Alvarenga 1988
 * †Ameripodius de Alvarenga 1995
 * †Quercymegapodius Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * Family Megapodiidae – mound-builders and scrubfowl, or megapodes
 * †Mwalau Worthy et al. 2015 (Lini's megapode)
 * †Ngawupodius & Ivison 1999
 * ''Brushturkey group
 * Talegalla Lesson 1828
 * Leipoa Gould 1840 [Progura de Vis 1889 ; Chosornis de Vis 1889 ; Palaeopelargus de Vis 1892 ] (Malleefowls)
 * Alectura Gray 1831 [Catheturus Swainson 1837 ] (Australian Brushturkeys)
 * Aepypodius Oustalet 1880
 * ''Scrubfowl group
 * Macrocephalon Müller 1846 [Megacephalon Gray 1846 ; Megacephalon Gray 1844 nomen nudum ; Galeocephala Mathews 1926 ] (Maleos)
 * Eulipoa Ogilvie-Grant 1893 (Moluccan Megapodes)
 * Megapodius Gaimard 1823 non (sic) Mathews 1913 [Megathelia Mathews 1914 ; Amelous Gloger 1841 ]
 * Family Cracidae – chachalacas, guans and curassows
 * †Archaealectrornis Crowe & Short 1992 (Oligocene)
 * †Boreortalis Brodkorb 1954
 * †Palaeonossax Wetmore 1956 (Brule Late Oligocene of South Dakota, USA)
 * Penelopinae Bonaparte 1851 (Guans)
 * Chamaepetes Wagler 1832 (black & sickle-winged guan)
 * Penelopina Reichenbach 1861 (Highland Guans)
 * Aburria Reichenbach 1853 [Opetioptila Sundevall 1873 ; Pipile Bonaparte 1856 non Pipilo Vieillot 1816 ; Cumana Coues 1900 ]
 * Penelope Merrem 1786 [Penelopsis Bonaparte 1856 ]
 * Cracinae Rafinesque 1815
 * Ortalis Merrem 1786 [Ganix Rafinesque 1815 ] {Ortalidini Donegan 2012 } (Chachalacas)
 * Oreophasis Gray 1844 {Oreophasini Bonaparte 1853 } (Horned Guans)
 * Cracini Rafinesque 1815 (Currasows)
 * Nothocrax Burmeister 1856 (Nocturnal Curassows)
 * Pauxi Temminck 1813 [Ourax Cuvier 1817 ; Lophocerus Swainson 1837 non Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833 ; Urax Reichenbach 1850 ]
 * Mitu Lesson 1831 (razor-billed curassows)
 * Crax Linnaeus 1758
 * Suborder Phasiani
 * Family †Gallinuloididae – tentatively placed here
 * †Gallinuloides Eastman 1900 [Palaeobonasa Shufeldt 1915 ]
 * †Paraortygoides Mayr 2000
 * Family Numididae – guineafowl
 * Guttera Wagler 1832
 * Numida Linnaeus 1764 [Querelea Reichenbach 1852 ] (Helmeted Guineafowls)
 * Acryllium Gray 1840 (Vulturine Guineafowls)
 * Agelastes Bonaparte 1850
 * Family Odontophoridae – New World quail
 * †Miortyx Miller 1944
 * †Nanortyx Weigel 1963
 * †Neortyx Holman 1961
 * Ptilopachinae Bowie, Coehn & Crowe 2013
 * Ptilopachus Swainson 1837
 * Odontophorinae Gould 1844
 * Rhynchortyx Ogilvie-Grant 1893 (Tawny-faced Quails)
 * Oreortyx  Baird 1858 [Orortyx Coues 1882 ] (Mountain Quails)
 * Dendrortyx Gould 1844 (Wood Partridges)
 * Philortyx Gould 1846 non Des Murs 1854 (Banded Quails)
 * Colinus Goldfuss 1820 [Eupsychortyx Gould 1844 ; Gnathodon Streubel 1842 ; Ortygia Boie 1826 ; Philortyx Des Murs 1854 non Gould 1846 ] (Bobwhites)
 * Callipepla Wagler 1832 [Lophortyx Bonaparte 1838 ]
 * Cyrtonyx Gould 1844
 * Dactylortyx Ogilvie-Grant 1893 (Singing Quails)
 * Odontophorus Vieillot 1816 [Dentophorus Boie 1828 ] (Wood Quails)
 * Family Phasianidae – pheasants, partridges and relatives
 * †Alectoris” pliocaena Tugarinov 1940b
 * †Bantamyx Kuročkin 1982
 * †Diangallus Hou 1985
 * †“Gallus” beremendensis Jánossy 1976b
 * †“Gallus” europaeus Harrison 1978
 * †Lophogallus Zelenkov & Kuročkin 2010
 * †Megalocoturnix Sánchez Marco 2009
 * †Miophasianus Brodkorb 1952 [Miophasianus Lambrecht 1933 nomen nudum ; Miogallus Lambrecht 1933 ]
 * †Palaeocryptonyx Depéret 1892 [Chauvireria Boev 1997 ; Pliogallus Tugarinov 1940b non Gaillard 1939 ; Lambrechtia Janossy 1974 ]
 * †Palaeortyx Milne-Edwards 1869 [Palaeoperdix Milne-Edwards 1869 ]
 * †Plioperdix Kretzoi 1955 [Pliogallus Tugarinov 1940 nec Gaillard 1939 ]
 * †Rustaviornis Burchak-Abramovich & Meladze 1972
 * †Schaubortyx Brodkorb 1964
 * †Shandongornis Yeh 1997
 * †Shanxiornis Wang et al. 2006
 * †Tologuica Zelenkov & Kuročkin 2009
 * Tropicoperdix Blyth 1859 [Phoenicoperdix Hartlaub 1860 ; Peloperdix Jerdon 1864 ]
 * Subfamily Rollulinae Bonaparte 1850 Arborophilinae – jungle- and wood-partridges
 * Subfamily Pavoninae Rafinesque 1815
 * Tribe Tetraogallini Bonaparte 1854 [Coturnicinae] – Old World quail, scrub-partridges and spurfowl
 * Tribe Gallinini – francolins and junglefowl (including chickens)
 * Tribe Pavonini – peafowl and ocellated pheasants
 * Tribe Polyplectronini Blyth 1852 (Peacock-Pheasants)
 * Subfamily Phasianinae [Perdicinae] – true pheasants
 * Tribe Ithaginini Wolters 1976
 * Tribe Lophophorini Gray 1841
 * Tribe Phasianini Horsfield 1821
 * Tribe Tetraonini – grouse
 * †Cynchramus Zelenkov Bonaparte 1828
 * †Palaealectoris Zelenkov Wetmore 1930
 * †Proagriocharis Zelenkov Martin & Tate 1970
 * †Rhegminornis Zelenkov Wetmore 1943