Aim Comprehensive biodiversity protection necessitates the consideration of multiple indexes diversity, and how distribution patterns priority areas may shift under climate change. Galliformes is a globally endangered avian order vulnerable to change that provide an important indicator for wildlife conservation effectiveness. Here, we identified conserving taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional di...

Cestodes or tapeworms (Class Cestoda, phylum Platyhelminthes) are widespread parasites of birds, as they cause various damages, which may lead to the death their hosts, especially when infection is severe. The Black Francolin belongs Phasianidae family pheasants and, in order Galliformes, gallinaceous and it called Francolinus francolinus. Considering a local bird Asia, was referred black partr...

Abstract We describe the fossil cranium of a pheasant-sized galliform land bird from latest Eocene or earliest Oligocene marine rocks Jansen Creek Member, Makah Formation (Washington State, USA), which is only three-dimensionally preserved Paleogene representative Galliformes. The specimen was freed hard calcareous nodule with dilute formic acid. Micro-computed tomography provided further osteo...