Galliformes are an order of birds containing turkeys, grouse, chickens, quails, and pheasants. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms. "Wildfowl" or just "fowl" are also often used for Galliformes, but usually these terms also refer to waterfowl (Anseriformes), and occasionally to other commonly-hunted birds. This group has more than 250 living species, one or more of which are found in essentially every part of the world's continents (except for the… (More on Galliformes)