Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, groundliving birds which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae. Sometimes, additional families and birds are treated as part of this family. For example, the American Ornithologists' Union includes Tetraonidae (grouse), Numididae (guineafowl), and Meleagrididae (turkeys) as subfamilies in Phasianidae.
Systematics and evolution
The clade Phasianidae is the largest of the branch Galliformes, comprising more than 150 species. This group includes the pheasants and partridges, junglefowl chickens, quail and peafowl. Turkeys and grouse have also been recognized as having their origins in the pheasant and partridge like birds.
Until the early 1990s, this family was broken up into two subfamilies: the Phasianinae, including pheasants, tragopans, junglefowls, and peafowls; and the Perdicinae, including partridges, Old World quails, and francolins.Molecular phylogenies have shown that these two subfamilies are not each monophyletic but actually constitute only one lineage with one common ancestor. For example, some partridges (genus Perdix) are more closely affiliated to pheasants, whereas Old World quails and partridges from the genus Alectoris are closer to junglefowls.
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Fasciante You
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Pheasant
Fasciante You
I took you to a five star dinner
I bought you the most expensive wine
I even paid off the maitre d'
To usher us up to the front of the line
You told me you needed a stronger, slimmer man
So I went and joined the neighborhood gym
Though the weights put my spine out of commission
Even you can't deny that I am looking real slim
You say you're taking your time
Maybe you don't even care
Sometimes I wish I was much more easy to scare
Why? God even knows how I try
I can't fascinate you
Something that I've realized
Nothing will ever do for you
But I will solve this mystery
But you've gotta give me the first clue
You said you always wanted a humble man
So I sold my car and bought a beat up van
I guess that wasn't quite enough for you
So now I only speak up when I don't know how to follow your plan
When you treat me unkind
I wanna leave you far behind
Then I think of all the things that make you so fine
And I'm back in the role again
I won't stop 'til I find the key
The key to you
I took the challenge and must confess
I never met someone so hard to impress
But all you need is someone to love you
