Grouse and Turkeys - Family Phasianidae
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus. Breeder. Occasional to rare and very local in northeast corner of state. Found in deciduous and mixed woodlands. MODERATE CONSERVATION CONCERN.
Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes. They are often considered a family Tetraonidae, though the American Ornithologists' Union and many others include grouse as a subfamily Tetraoninae in the family Phasianidae.
Grouse Facts
Kingdom:
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Grouse Sporting or game birds of the colder parts of of the Northern Hemisphere . Of these 25 species, the grouse are henlike terrestrial birds , there plumage is protectively shaded of brown, gray, and red.
Grouse
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common name for a game bird of the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 18 species. Grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, protectively plumaged in shades of red, brown, and gray.
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)
(aka Willow Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan)
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Sandgrouse
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Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
Described by: Say (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Dusky Grouse, Richardson's Grouse
Old scientific name(s): Falcipennis obscurus ...
Blue grouse Dendragapus obscurus
Identification Tips:
Length: 17 inches
Medium-sized, stocky, round-winged, chicken-like bird
Long, squarish tail ...
DUSKY GROUSE.
[Blue Grouse.]
TETRAO OBSCURUS, Say.
[Dendragapus obscurus.] ...
Spruce Grouse
Dendragapus canadensis (Linnaeus)
Status Uncommon resident. Breeds. In its restricted habitat it may be fairly common, its population being subject to irregularly recurring fluctuations.
Ruffed Grouse Photos
Don't have too many photos of these guys yet. Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos. Click here for the species description page for the Ruffed Grouse.
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Black grouse: Scandinavia's samurai warriors
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Black grouse combat is a strange mixture of Tom and Jerry and martial arts as cameraman Barrie Britton discovers.
RUFFED GROUSE FACTS
Description
The Ruffed Grouse is a stocky chicken-shaped bird. The male has a large dark neck ruff and crest, with two or more white spots on the rump feathers.
The Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) is a recent "split" from the Blue Grouse complex. The Sooty Grouse is a bird of the coastal mountains of the western United States and Canada.
Grouse Defending Her Young
We ran into this angry Blue Grouse (or maybe a Ruffed Grouse?) on the way back from a backpacking...
Livingston Park
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Grouse are native to Indiana and belong to a large family of birds containing 18 species, all of Northern Hemispheric distribution.
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When a ruffed grouse flushes from underfoot, the loud sound can startle even experienced outdoors people. This woodland bird is the most popular of Minnesota's upland game birds.
Grouse
Grouse, order Galliformes, are popular game birds of the family Tetraonidae and are related to the other gallinaceous birds including the turkey, the quail, the chachalaca, and domestic strains of poultry ...
Grouse is the common name for 17 species of birds of the pheasant
family.
The largest North American grouse is the white tailed ptarmigan
about 12 1/2 inches.
Sandgrouse share several trits with pigeons, including their long wings and the practice of making long flights daily between breeding or feeding grounds, and pools of water at which they drink.
Sandgrouse are usually on the alert for danger. When they are startled, they often fly almost straight up into the air. They feed primarly on seeds, as well as grasses, herbs, and mustard leaves.
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Blue Grouse breed from Yukon south along the coast into California and in the mountains into Arizona and New Mexico. In Alberta, it occurs in the southwestern part, along the foothills country.
This grouse lives in young, middle aged to mature Michigan jack pine forests, as well as dense spruce, fir, cedar, and tamarack swamps, in the Lower and Upper peninsulas. It is larger than a pigeon and stands about 15 to 17 inches in height.
Tags: grouse, sage-grouse
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Ruffed Grouse, with the binomial name 'Bonasa umbellus' was ordained by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, as a state bird on 22nd June, 1931.
The sage grouse doesn't have a muscular gizzard with grit in it and they can't digest hard foods like seeds.
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The Sage Grouse male does a formal courtship display on the lek
Their moltled brown coloration helps them blend in with the environment
The chicks fledge in about a week after hatching.
The Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) is a stocky, medium-sized bird (13 inches), similar to a chicken.
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus - Flock in flight
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Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Pteroclidiformes Family: Pteroclidae
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Grouse inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere. They are heavily built like other Galliformes and range from 31-95 cm.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies (GALLIFORMES)
Curassows and Guans (CRACIDAE)
New World Quail (ODONTOPHORIDAE)
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys and Old World Quail (PHASIANIDAE) ...
Grouse, Turkey and Quail
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) ...
New Grouse (of the Blue Grouse genus)
Some years ago while hiking east of Lake Tahoe in June we heard this incredible booming sound.
Ruffed grouse populations and occurrence: Although not statistically tested in many cases, short-term declines following fire have been observed throughout the ruffed grouse's range.
Partridges, Grouse and Turkeys (Family Phasianidae)
New World Quail (Family Odontophoridae) ...
Later in July there were Bonapart's Gull and Red-throated Loon. One late afternoon on the way back and in the spruce forest again I saw a Spruce Grouse walking slowly across the road.
Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Jackson, M.H. (1993) Galápagos: A Natural History. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.
Santiago-Alarcon, D., Tanksley, S.M. and Parker, P.G.
BLACKCOCK (Tetrao tetrix), the English name given to a bird of the family Tetraonidae or grouse, the female of which is known as the grey hen and the young as poults.
The following groups are generally recognized: Megapodiidae (megapodes), Cracidae (currasows, guans, chachalacas), Phasianidae (phasianid galliforms including: pheasants, partridges and francolins, turkeys, and grouse).
Efforts in these and other states to preserve western brush lands for other species, like the Greater Sage-Grouse, Gunnison Sage-Grouse, and the California Gnatcatcher, may benefit this sparrow.
Turkey poults are "precocial", like grouse chicks and ducklings. That is, their eyes are open, they have a warm downy plumage, and they are capable of responding to the hen and following her about within about 1 day after hatching.
For many years, gamekeepers persecuted peregrines because of their liking for grouse, and their eggs have been prized by collectors.
The black grouse is one of the rarest birds in England with only an estimated 6,000 males left in the country. (more)
Tree sparrows given helping hand. (more)
Those involved in the swifts' nests industry must clean up their act. (more) ...
Birds up to the size of grouse, domestic foul, pheasant, partridge and even smaller owls (up to and including records of Long-eared Owls) will be taken.
This family contains pheasants, turkeys, grouse and ptarmigans. Most species have spurs on the tarsus and the hind toe that faces backwards is elevated so that it does not touch the ground. Many members of this family have been domesticated.
In contrast, Blue Grouse in the mountains of North America move as little as a kilometer down the slopes to a lower altitude for the winter months and then return up the mountainside in the spring.
Galliformes - Game Birds
Phasianidae - Pheasants, Grouse, & Quail
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) - Alleghany Co., NC 6/25/05.
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) ...
PTEROCLIDIFORMES
sandgrouse
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PSITTACIFORMES
parrots, macaws, parakeets, cockatoos, cockatiels, lorikeets, & budgerigars ...
The birds prey upon a variety of creatures from prairie dogs, cottontail rabbits, jackrabbits and ground squirrels to grouse, ducks, chukars, reptiles and smaller birds.
FEEDING HABITS:
The Goshawk feeds on rabbits, hares, squirrels, grouse, pigeons, small birds and mammals. They catch their prey by approaching from cover. The Goshawk is not known for eating carrion.
The bark of this and related firs is browsed by deer, elk, bighorn sheep, and moose; the leaves are eaten by grouse, and the seeds are consumed by songbirds and mammals. The scientific name, meaning "hairy-fruited," refers to the cones.
GALLIFORMES
chickens, pheasants, partridges, grouse, curassows, guineafowl, & megapodes
GOLDEN PHEASANT
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL ...
Birds are taken occasionally including woodpeckers, grouse, quail, jays, blackbirds, and pigeons. They also eat small fish, turtles, frogs, snakes, lizards, crayfish, scorpions, beetles, crickets, and grasshoppers.
Prairie Chicken
Prairie Chickens are a type of grouse that live in North American grasslands.
Puffin
Puffins are Arctic sea birds.
Diet
Groundhogs, marmots, foxes, skunks, cats, rabbits, grouse, ground squirrels, crows, pheasants, meadowlarks, tortoises, and snakes.
Although their diets consist primarily of snowshoe hares (90%), they will also eat the fresh meat of grouse, squirrels, red fox, and small rodents. Lynx migrate when prey is no longer abundant.
 See also: Pigeon, Flycatcher, Nightjar, Oriole, Parakeet
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