List of Galliformes by population

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This is a list of Galliformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.

This list is not comprehensive, as not all Galliformes have had their numbers quantified.

Species by global population

Common name	Binomial name	Population	Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Himalayan quail	Ophrysia superciliosa	1-49	CR	Unknown
Alagoas curassow	Mitu mitu	130	EW	N/A	Total world population now held in two aviaries; 35% of individuals are hybrids.
White-winged guan	Penelope albipennis	150 – 249	CR
Trinidad piping guan	Pipile pipile	150-330	CR
Red-knobbed curassow	Crax blumenbachii	200 – 249	EN
Blue-knobbed curassow	Crax alberti	250 – 999	CR
Djibouti francolin	Francolinus ochropectus	300 – 750	CR
Cauca guan	Penelope perspicax	350 – 1500	EN
Hainan peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron katsumatae	350 – 1500	EN		Preliminary estimate.
Wattled curassow	Crax globulosa	350 – 1500	EN		Numbers may be underestimated.
Tongan megapode	Megapodius pritchardii	680 – 970	EN
Bornean peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron schleiermacheri	1000 – 2499	EN
Chestnut-bellied guan	Penelope ochrogaster	1000 – 2499	VU
Horned guan	Oreophasis derbianus	1000 – 2499	EN
Mount Cameroon francolin	Francolinus camerunensis	1000 – 2499	EN
Vietnamese pheasant	Lophura hatinhensis	1000 – 2499	EN
Crimson-headed partridge	Haematortyx sanguiniceps	1000 – 10 000	LC
Tanimbar megapode	Megapodius tenimberensis	1000 – 10 000	NT
Waigeo brushturkey	Aepypodius bruijnii	1400	EN		Minimum estimate.
Helmeted curassow	Pauxi pauxi	1500 – 4000	EN
Sichuan partridge	Arborophila rufipectus	1500 – 4000	EN
Horned curassow	Pauxi unicornis	1500 – 7500	EN
Micronesian megapode	Megapodius laperouse	2000 – 2500	EN
Gorgeted wood quail	Odontophorus strophium	2000 – 4300	EN
Gunnison grouse	Centrocercus minimus	2500 – 2600	EN
Black-fronted piping guan	Pipile jacutinga	2500 – 9999	EN
Black-fronted wood quail	Odontophorus atrifrons	2500 – 9999	VU
Malayan peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron malacense	2500 – 9999	VU
Orange-necked partridge	Arborophila davidi	2500 – 9999	NT
Rufous-headed chachalaca	Ortalis erythroptera	2500 – 9999	VU
Taiwan partridge	Arborophila crudigularis	2500 – 9999	NT
Venezuelan wood quail	Odontophorus columbianus	2500 – 9999	NT
Udzungwa forest partridge	Xenoperdix udzungwensis	3000 – 4000	EN
Biak scrubfowl	Megapodius geelvinkianus	3500 – 15 000	VU
Blyth's tragopan	Tragopan blythii	3500 – 15 000	VU
Bulwer's pheasant	Lophura bulweri	3500 – 15 000	VU
Cabot's tragopan	Tragopan caboti	3500 – 15 000	VU
Chestnut-breasted partridge	Arborophila mandellii	3500 – 15 000	VU
Chestnut wood quail	Odontophorus hyperythrus	3500 – 15 000	NT
Congo peacock	Afropavo congensis	3500 – 15 000	VU
Hoogerwerf's pheasant	Lophura hoogerwerfi	3500 – 15 000	VU
Chinese grouse	Bonasa sewerzowi	3500 - 15 000
Manipur bush quail	Perdicula manipurensis	3500 – 15 000	VU
Mountain peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron inopinatum	3500 – 15 000	VU
Reeves's pheasant	Syrmaticus reevesii	3500 – 15 000	VU
Salvadori's pheasant	Lophura inornata	3500 – 15 000	VU
Sclater's monal	Lophophorus sclateri	3500 – 15 000	VU
Vanuatu megapode	Megapodius layardi	3500 – 15 000	VU
White-browed guan	Penelope jacucaca	3500 – 15 000	VU
Hainan partridge	Arborophila ardens	3900 – 5200	VU
Cheer pheasant	Catreus wallichi	4000 – 6000	VU
Swinhoe's pheasant	Lophura swinhoii	5000 – 10 000	NT
Brown eared pheasant	Crossoptilon mantchuricum	5000 – 17 000	VU
Bearded wood partridge	Dendrortyx barbatus	5400	VU
Wattled guan	Aburria aburri	10 000	NT
White-crested guan	Penelope pileata	10 000	VU		Preliminary minimum estimate.
Bearded guan	Penelope barbata	10 000 – 19 999	VU		Preliminary estimate.
Crested argus	Rheinardia ocellata	10 000 – 19 999	NT
Dark-backed wood quail	Odontophorus melanonotus	10 000 – 20 000	VU
Germain's peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron germaini	10 000 – 19 999	NT
Harwood's francolin	Francolinus harwoodi	10 000 – 19 999	VU		Preliminary estimate.
Mikado pheasant	Syrmaticus mikado	10 000 – 19 999	NT
Mrs. Hume's pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae	10 000 – 19 999	NT
Ring-necked francolin	Francolinus streptophorus	10 000 – 19 999	NT
Satyr tragopan	Tragopan satyra	10 000 – 19 999	NT
Tacarcuna wood quail	Odontophorus dialeucos	10 000 – 19 999	VU		Preliminary estimate.
Chinese monal	Lophophorus lhuysii	10 000 – 25 000	VU
Baudo guan	Penelope ortoni	10 000 – 32 000	EN
Yellow-knobbed curassow	Crax daubentoni	10 000 – 40 000	NT
Caspian snowcock	Tetraogallus caspius	10 000 – 50 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
White eared pheasant	Crossoptilon crossoptilon	10 000 – 50 000	NT
Great curassow	Crax rubra	10 000 – 60 000	VU
Dusky megapode	Megapodius freycinet	10 000 – 100 000	LC
Maleo	Macrocephalon maleo	12 000 – 21 000	EN
Red-throated piping guan	Pipile cujubi	15 000 – 25 000	LC
Black partridge	Melanoperdix niger	15 000 – 30 000	VU
Crestless fireback	Lophura erythrophthalma	15 000 – 30 000	VU
Green peafowl	Pavo muticus	15 000 – 30 000	EN		Preliminary estimate.
Sula megapode	Megapodius bernsteinii	15 000 – 30 000	VU
Swamp francolin	Francolinus gularis	15 000 – 30 000	VU
Lesser prairie chicken	Tympanuchus pallidicinctus	20 000 – 40 000	VU
Buffy-crowned wood partridge	Dendrortyx leucophrys	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Chestnut-headed partridge	Arborophila cambodiana	20 000 – 50 000	LC
Crested guan	Penelope purpurascens	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Long-tailed wood partridge	Dendrortyx macroura	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Moluccan megapode	Eulipoa wallacei	20 000 – 49 999	VU
Ocellated turkey	Meleagris ocellata	20 000 – 49 999	NT
Domestic turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	450 000 000	no IUCN status for domesticated birds		same species as Wild turkey
Palawan peacock-pheasant	Polyplectron napoleonis	20 000 – 49 999	VU
Siamese fireback	Lophura diardi	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Spotted wood quail	Odontophorus guttatus	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Salvin's curassow	Mitu salvini	50 000	LC		Maximum estimate.
Nahan's partridge	Francolinus nahani	50 000 – 99 999	EN
Banded quail	Philortyx fasciatus	50 000 – 499 999	LC
Elegant quail	Callipepla douglasii	50 000 – 499 999	LC
Rufous-bellied chachalaca	Ortalis wagleri	50 000 – 499 999	LC
Singing quail	Dactylortyx thoracicus	50 000 – 499 999	LC
West Mexican chachalaca	Ortalis poliocephala	50 000 – 499 999	LC
White-bellied chachalaca	Ortalis leucogastra	50 000 – 499 999	LC
Yucatan bobwhite	Colinus nigrogularis	50 000 – 499 999	LC
Caucasian grouse	Tetrao mlokosiewiczi	60 000 – 108 000	NT
White-breasted guineafowl	Agelastes meleagrides	85 000 – 115 000	VU		Estimate dates from 1995.
Highland guan	Penelopina nigra	91 000	VU		Maximum estimate.
Caucasian snowcock	Tetraogallus caucasicus	96 000 – 201 000	LC
Temminck's tragopan	Tragopan temminckii	100 000	LC
Great argus	Argusianus argus	100 000	NT		Minimum estimate.
Elliot's pheasant	Syrmaticus ellioti	100 000 – 200 000	NT
Orange-footed scrubfowl	Megapodius reinwardt	100 000 – 1 000 000	LC
Rock partridge	Alectoris graeca	120 000 – 230 000	NT
Malleefowl	Leipoa ocellata	150 000	VU
Plain chachalaca	Ortalis vetula	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Greater prairie chicken	Tympanuchus cupido	700 000	VU
Chukar partridge	Alectoris chukar	2 000 000 – 10 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Grey partridge	Perdix perdix	5 000 000 – 10 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Western capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus	5 000 000 – 10 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Red-legged partridge	Alectoris rufa	6 000 000 – 13 500 000	LC
Rock ptarmigan	Lagopus muta	8 000 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Black grouse	Tetrao tetrix	15 000 000 – 40 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Hazel grouse	Bonasa bonasia	15 000 000 – 40 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Common quail	Coturnix coturnix	35 000 000 – 300 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Willow ptarmigan	Lagopus lagopus	40 000 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	160 000 000 – 220 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Red junglefowl	Gallus gallus	unknown	LC
Chicken	Gallus domesticus	33 000 000 000	no IUCN status for domesticated birds		This is a subspecies of Red junglefowl with attributes of other species

See also

• Lists of birds by population
• Lists of organisms by population