Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Plains Wanderer Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Pedionomidae Genus: Pedionomus Species: torquatus Binomial name Pedionomus torquatus The Plains Wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus, is a unique member of the gamebird order Galliformes, and this bird is put in a family of its own. The relationships with other groups are shown below: Order: Galliformes Megapodidae megapodess Cracidae chachalacas, guans and curassows Tetraonidae grouse Odontophoridae New World quails Numididae guineafowl Meleagrididae turkeyss Mesitornithidae mesites Turnicidae buttonquails Pedionomidae Plains Wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.