partridge vs phasianid

partridge and phasianid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
partridge	Yes	No	No	No
phasianid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phasianid is a hypernym of partridge; that is, phasianid is a word with a broader meaning than partridge:

partridge (noun)	phasianid (noun)
small Old World gallinaceous game birds	a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
a popular North American game bird; named for its call
valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
flesh of either quail or grouse