Ruffed Grouse Photos
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Ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus
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Length: 14 inches
Sexes similar
Medium-sized, stocky, round-winged, chicken-like bird
Crest at top of head
Blacish ruffs on sides of neck
Head, neck, and back brown or gray ...
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.
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
The Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) breeds across most of Canada and parts of the northern United States. The Ruff Grouse here was walking along a roadside at Lost Lake, Okanogon Co., Washington, in June, 1998.
Ruffed Grouse
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see grouse.
More on Ruffed Grouse
Grouse - common name for a game bird of the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 18 species.
Ruffed Grouse Behaviour
No observations regarding Ruffed Grouse behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Ruffed Grouse ...
Range The ruffed grouse can be found in Alaska and Canada south to California, Wyoming, Minnesota, Missouri and the Carolinas.
HABITAT: The ruffed grouse is a woodland species dependent on early successional forests, which are dominated by shrubs and young forest, six to 15 years old. They need an interspersion of woodlands, thick brushy areas and woodland openings.
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus)
Status Rather uncommon to common resident. Breeds.
THE RUFFED GROUSE.
[Ruffed Grouse.]
(State Bird of Pennsylvania)
TETRAO UMBELLUS, Linn.
[Bonasa umbellus.] ...
Ruffed Grouse, with the binomial name 'Bonasa umbellus' was ordained by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, as a state bird on 22nd June, 1931.
Ruffed grouse, unlike quail, do not pair off during the breeding season. Ruffed grouse are polygamous breeders; the male and female grouse meet only momentarily for breeding.
Ruffed grouse are found in forests from southeastern to northwestern Minnesota. Young to middle-aged aspen forests provide the best habitat. Alder lowlands and patches of gray dogwood are especially attractive to ruffed grouse in summer and fall.
The Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is a slightly crested greyish brown bird (17 inches) with a fan-like tail banded with black and with dark brown "ruffs" on the sides of the neck.
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.
Picture Ruffed Grouse during Courting
Grouse belong to the family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes.
Types of North American Grouse Include: ...
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
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The ruffed grouse, is the most common at Eastern the American variety (misscalled Partridge of pheasant), living in the forest this bird is noted for its strumming sound made by the male during elaborately courtship dancing.
The wild turkey, like other "gallinaceous" or chicken-like birds such as ring-necked pheasant, ruffed grouse, and bobwhite quail, is considered a "game bird".
The prairie and forest species have declined greatly because of habitat loss, though popular game birds such as the Red Grouse and the Ruffed Grouse have benefited from habitat management.
Galliformes - Game Birds
Phasianidae - Pheasants, Grouse, & Quail
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) - Alleghany Co., NC 6/25/05.
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) ...
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
07/11/09 ...
Egg dumping (laying eggs in another female's nest) is common in this species. This species is also known to lay eggs in the nests of ruffed grouse. Ring-necked pheasants are known nest parasites of wild turkeys. (Eaton, 1992) ...
Predation of spruce grouse is by coyotes, red foxes, weasels, hawks and owls. The tame personality of the spruce grouse often allows people to approach to a close range. Spruce grouse are sometimes mistaken for ruffed grouse.
Turkeys were domesticated in parts of the Americas before AD 1492 and were brought to the Old World by colonists.
Species in this family:
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) ...
During winter months, when rodents may be more difficult to find, the major of their prey becomes avian. Birds may consist of as much as 90% of the food intake in the winter. Birds as large as Sharp-tailed, Willow, and Ruffed Grouse or mammals as ...
 See also: Ruffe, Grouse, Pheasant, Turkey, Quail
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