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Ortygornis pondicerianus
Ortygornis pondicerianus · Family Phasianidae
Family Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 411,285
- Countries and territories with records
- 19
About this species
This species has 411,285 occurrence records from 19 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (82.8%), the United States (7.5%) and the United Arab Emirates (7.4%); together they account for 97.7% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.55% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ortygornis pondicerianus combines the genus name Ortygornis with the species epithet pondicerianus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Ortygornis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ortygornis sephaena and Ortygornis gularis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 164 species of the family Phasianidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Phasianus colchicus. Its record count is 4.9 times the family average (83,905). The family Phasianidae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.