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> Torchic is modeled after a chicken right? But we're avoiding specific tags on pokemon, thus pheasant, since chickens are pheasants. My choices here were quite deliberate, so please educate yourself.
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According to Wikipedia:

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> Pheasants are birds of several genera within the subfamily Phasianinae, of the family Phasianidae[/bq]

 
and chicken is not listed there: "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant":](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant

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But in the "[Phasianinae ":](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasianinae) article, the Phasianidae family is called "pheasant family". I don't think using the same name for a specific genera/species and a family is a good idea. There is other classification on the order level, those bird ale called landfowl

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> landfowl - any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species
 
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"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl":](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes":](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes

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If the name is confusing it's better to use higher level classifications, just like owls are not a family, but an order or like snakes are not a family, but a suborder.

"@Gyro":/forums/tagging/topics/species-listing?post_id=3553#post_3553
[bq="Gyro"]Torchic is modeled after a chicken right? But we're avoiding specific tags on pokemon, thus pheasant, since chickens are pheasants. My choices here were quite deliberate, so please educate yourself.
[/bq]According to Wikipedia:

[bq]Pheasants are birds of several genera within the subfamily Phasianinae, of the family Phasianidae[/bq]
and chicken is not listed there: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant

But in the "Phasiani*nae* ":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasianinae article, the Phasiani*dae* family is called "pheasant family". I don't think using the same name for a specific genera/species and a family is a good idea. There is other classification on the order level, those bird ale called landfowl

[bq]landfowl - any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species[/bq]
"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl":https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes

If the name is confusing it's better to use higher level classifications, just like owls are not a family, but an order or like snakes are not a family, but a suborder.

"@Gyro":/forums/tagging/topics/species-listing?post_id=3553#post_3553
[bq="Gyro"]Torchic is modeled after a chicken right? But we're avoiding specific tags on pokemon, thus pheasant, since chickens are pheasants. My choices here were quite deliberate, so please educate yourself.
[/bq]According to Wikipedia:

[bq]Pheasants are birds of several genera within the subfamily Phasianinae, of the family Phasianidae[/bq]
and chicken is not listed there: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant

But in the "Phasiani*nae* ":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasianinae article, the Phasiani*dae* family is called "pheasant family". I don't think using the same name for a specific genera/species and a family is a good idea. There is other classification on the order level, those bird ale called landfowl

[bq]landfowl - any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species[/bq]
"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl":https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes

If the name is confusing it's better to use higher level classifications, just like owls are not a family, but an order or like snakes are not a family, but a suborder.

"@Gyro":/forums/tagging/topics/species-listing?post_id=3553#post_3553
[bq="Gyro"]Torchic is modeled after a chicken right? But we're avoiding specific tags on pokemon, thus pheasant, since chickens are pheasants. My choices here were quite deliberate, so please educate yourself.
[/bq]According to Wikipedia:

[bq]Pheasants are birds of several genera within the subfamily Phasianinae, of the family Phasianidae[/bq]
and chicken is not listed there: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant

But in the "Phasiani*nae*":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasianinae article, the Phasiani*dae* family is called "pheasant family". I don't think using the same name for a specific genera/species and a family is a good idea. There is other classification on the order level, those bird ale called landfowl

[bq]landfowl - any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species[/bq]
"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl":https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes

If the name is confusing it's better to use higher level classifications, just like owls are not a family, but an order or like snakes are not a family, but a suborder.

"@Gyro":/forums/tagging/topics/species-listing?post_id=3553#post_3553
[bq="Gyro"]Torchic is modeled after a chicken right? But we're avoiding specific tags on pokemon, thus pheasant, since chickens are pheasants. My choices here were quite deliberate, so please educate yourself.
[/bq]According to Wikipedia:

[bq]Pheasants are birds of several genera within the subfamily Phasianinae, of the family Phasianidae[/bq]
and chicken is not listed there: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheasant

But in the "Phasianinae":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasianinae article, the family is called "pheasant family". I don't think using the same name for a specific genera/species and a family is a good idea. There is other classification on the order level, those bird ale called landfowl

[bq]landfowl - any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species[/bq]
"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl":https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/landfowl

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes

If the name is confusing it's better to use higher level classifications, just like owls are not a family, but an order or like snakes are not a family, but a suborder.