MURGIHO (Galliformes), yak qatori parrandahoro guyand. Darozii ta- nashon az 12 to 235 santimetr, vaznashov az 45 gramm (bedonai pakana) to 22,5 kilogramm (murgi marjoni khonagi) meboshad. Murgiho nuli kutoh, poyhoi baquvvat, boli pahn va parhoi zich dorand. Dar aksari onho dimorfizmi jinsi (farqiyati narinayu modina) inkishof yoftaast. Rangi Murgihoi narina nisbat ba rangi Murgihoi modina ravshantar meboshad. Murgiho ba 2 zerqator taqsim meshavand: goasinho (faqat 1 namudro dar bar megirand- Opisthocomus hoatzin) va murgho (240 namudi murghoi hozira va qarib 100 namudi murghoi hafriyotro dar bar megirand). Zerqatori murgho ba 6 oila judo meshavand: murgi kulang, kraksho (gokko), tazapv, tigav, murgi sultoni va murgi marjon. Murgiho qarib dar hama jo (gayp az Antarktika), az tundra to beshahoi tropiki zindagi mekunand. Beshtari Murgiho parrandahoi poligam buda, narina dar tarbiyai nasl ishtirok namekunad. Murgiho dar zaminu darakht lona sokhta, az 2 to 20 dona tukhm meguzorand. Dar 14—30 shaboruz az tukhm chuja mebaroyad. Gizoi chujaho kirmu hasharot va gizoi parrandahoi ba voya rasida galladona, mugcha, gujummeva va gayra meboshand.
Hamai Murgiho (gayr az goasin) ahamiyati sanoati dorand. Baze Murgiho (tazarv, kabk, kabki dari va gayra)-ro dar khojagihoi shikori parvarish mekunand. Murg, murgi marjon va murgi sultoni rom karda shudaand.
Tasvir dar sahifai 577—578.
Adabiyot: Jizn jivotnikh, tom 5, Moskva, 1970.