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Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail

17 Bird Species
Chukar

Chukar

Chicken-like, bulky, with short legs and tail. Adult has thick vertical black bars on flanks, sandy gray back and wings, orange undertail coverts, gray breast, creamy white belly, white throat with thick black border, red orbital ring around black eye, and short red bill. more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 51 cm

Dusky Grouse

Dusky Grouse

A dark bluish-gray grouse of interior western montane forests. Adult male has slate-blue underparts with white-edged flanks, dark wings, blackish tail with gray tip, dark gray head with orange comb above eye, and short black bill. Displaying male struts with fanned tail and puffs up smooth magenta ai more...

Length: 51 cm Wingspan: 66 cm

Gray Partridge

Gray Partridge

Chicken-like, bulky, with short legs and tail. Adult male has bold vertical rufous bars on flanks, dark patch on belly, grayish back and wings patterned subtly with shades of brown, rufous tail, clean gray neck, stubby gray bill, and orange head with dusky auricular patch and crown. Female lacks dark more...

Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 48 cm

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Greater Prairie-Chicken

A chunky, short-tailed, chicken-like bird of Midwest plains. Adults are heavily marked with brown barring over buff undertones on entire body. The head pattern of both males and females includes pale throat, whitish eyeline that connects to a white eye ring and forks into a thin pale supercilium. Mal more...

Length: 43 cm Wingspan: 71 cm

Greater Sage-Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

A large, chicken-like bird of western sagebrush landscapes. Adult male has blackish head, white breast, black belly, black upperparts marbled with white, short yellow legs, and long, finely barred tail. Female is finely patterned brown, black, and white overall, with solid black belly, large black sp more...

Length: 71 cm Wingspan: 97 cm

Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Found only in Colorado and Southeast Utah; closely resembles Greater Sage-Grouse. Adult male has blackish head, white breast, black belly, black upperparts marbled with white, short yellow legs, and long, finely barred tail. Female is finely patterned brown, black, and white overall, with solid black more...

Length: 56 cm Wingspan: 76 cm

Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

This Asian species has been established only in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. This large grouse is short-legged and short-tailed and very plump. Plumage is gray-brown overall with rusty streaks on the upperparts. The face and throat are whitish, highlighted by two chestnut stipes that frame the auric more...

Length: 55 cm Wingspan: 86 cm

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

This little prairie grouse is very similar to Greater Prairie-Chicken, and the two have hybridized on occasion. Lesser Prairie-Chicken is pale gray-brown overall with extensive barring. The barring on the underparts is finer than that of Greater Prairie-Chicken, and weakens across the belly. Males h more...

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 71 cm

Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Adult male is nearly unmistakable, with golden-orange plumage, extremely long pointed tail, green head, red facial skin, white neck collar, and fine black spots on underparts. Female is much drabber, buffy-orange and light brown overall, with relatively long pointed tail, fine black barring on wings, more...

Length: 76 cm Wingspan: 79 cm

Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

A mid-sized, chicken-like bird of northern latitudes. Alternate Adult male is heavily mottled blackish-brown above with red comb over eye, tiny black bill, white underparts with brown spots on flanks, white wings, and short feathered legs. Alternate Adult female is brown overall, heavily barred with more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 58 cm

Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse

A chunky, chicken-like bird of northern forests. Adult is brownish overall with thick black bars on white flanks, brown patterned upperparts, dark band on tip of tail, brown head with pale throat, and an angular spiky crest. Some individuals are gray, some are bright rufous overall. more...

Length: 43 cm Wingspan: 56 cm

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

A mostly brown, short-tailed, chicken-like bird. Adult is brown overall with slight crest, thin, pointed tail, lightly spotted and scaled underparts, white spots on brown wings, and short, black bill. Displaying male leans forward with tail pointed straight up, showing purple air sacs on neck and yel more...

Length: 43 cm Wingspan: 63 cm

Sooty Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Very similar to Dusky Grouse, which along with this species were once considered conspecific as Blue Grouse. Often appears long-tailed and longer-necked than other forest grouse. Male: Upperparts are dark gray-brown. Underparts are dark gray. Tail is slightly rounded or wedge-shaped (square on Dusky) more...

Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Spruce Grouse

Spruce Grouse

This short-tailed grouse of coniferous forests is often quite tame, allowing close approach by observers. Two subspecies groups occur, Taiga Grouse over most of the range, and Franklin's Grouse in the Northern Rockies and Cascades. Male Taiga: Upperparts are slate gray with pale feather edges. The fa more...

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 56 cm

White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan

A mid-sized, chicken-like bird of northern latitudes. Alternate Adult male is mottled brown and black above with red comb over eye, small black bill, white underparts with black spots on breast, white wings, and short feathered legs. Alternate Adult female is brown overall, lacking rufous tones, heav more...

Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 56 cm

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

Adult male is very large, blackish-brown overall, with iridescent green on body, brown-tipped tail, black-and-white barred flight feathers, bare blue and red skin on head, and a tuft of long narrow feathers hanging from breast. Female is similar but more brown than black, and lacks colorful skin on h more...

Length: 116 cm Wingspan: 162 cm

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  • Chukar

    Chukar

    6 Photographs
  • Dusky Grouse

    Dusky Grouse

    8 Photographs
  • Gray Partridge

    Gray Partridge

    0 Photographs
  • Greater Prairie-Chicken

    Greater Prairie-Chicken

    0 Photographs
  • Greater Sage-Grouse

    Greater Sage-Grouse

    8 Photographs
  • Gunnison Sage-Grouse

    Gunnison Sage-Grouse

    0 Photographs
  • Himalayan Snowcock

    Himalayan Snowcock

    0 Photographs
  • Lesser Prairie-Chicken

    Lesser Prairie-Chicken

    0 Photographs
  • Ring-necked Pheasant

    Ring-necked Pheasant

    6 Photographs
  • Rock Ptarmigan

    Rock Ptarmigan

    3 Photographs
  • Ruffed Grouse

    Ruffed Grouse

    4 Photographs
  • Sharp-tailed Grouse

    Sharp-tailed Grouse

    4 Photographs
  • Sooty Grouse

    Sooty Grouse

    7 Photographs
  • Spruce Grouse

    Spruce Grouse

    10 Photographs
  • White-tailed Ptarmigan

    White-tailed Ptarmigan

    3 Photographs
  • Wild Turkey

    Wild Turkey

    9 Photographs

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Non-vegetated-areas-sm

Non-vegetated Areas

4 species

Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Lagopus leucura

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Salt-water-sm

Salt Water

0 species

Human-altered-areas-sm

Human-altered Areas

1 species

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Fresh-water-sm

Fresh Water

2 species

Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands
Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Grassland-and-scrubland-sm

Grassland and Scrubland

14 species

Chukar

Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes
Gray Partridge

Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

Open Country and Grasslands
Greater Prairie-Chicken

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

Open Country and Grasslands
Greater Sage-Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

Centrocercus urophasianus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Centrocercus minimus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Sooty Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Dendragapus fuliginosus

Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest
White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Lagopus leucura

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Forest-and-woodlands-sm

Forest and Woodlands

8 species

Dusky Grouse

Dusky Grouse

Dendragapus obscurus

Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Sooty Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Dendragapus fuliginosus

Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest
Spruce Grouse

Spruce Grouse

Falcipennis canadensis

Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest
Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
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