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Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail17 Bird Species
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ChukarChicken-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 GrouseA 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 |
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Gray PartridgeChicken-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 |
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Greater Prairie-ChickenA 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 |
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Greater Sage-GrouseA 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 |
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Gunnison Sage-GrouseFound 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 |
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Himalayan SnowcockThis 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 |
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Lesser Prairie-ChickenThis 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 |
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Ring-necked PheasantAdult 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 |
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Rock PtarmiganA 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 |
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Ruffed GrouseA 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 |
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Sharp-tailed GrouseA 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 |
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Sooty GrouseVery 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 |
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Spruce GrouseThis 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 |
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White-tailed PtarmiganA 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 |
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Wild TurkeyAdult 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
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Dusky Grouse
8 Photographs -
Gray Partridge
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
0 Photographs -
Greater Sage-Grouse
8 Photographs -
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
0 Photographs -
Himalayan Snowcock
0 Photographs -
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
0 Photographs -
Ring-necked Pheasant
6 Photographs -
Rock Ptarmigan
3 Photographs -
Ruffed Grouse
4 Photographs -
Sharp-tailed Grouse
4 Photographs -
Sooty Grouse
7 Photographs -
Spruce Grouse
10 Photographs -
White-tailed Ptarmigan
3 Photographs -
Wild Turkey
9 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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Himalayan SnowcockTetraogallus himalayensis |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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White-tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucura |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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Salt Water0 species |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
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Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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ChukarAlectoris chukar |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes |
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Gray PartridgePerdix perdix |
Open Country and Grasslands |
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Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido |
Open Country and Grasslands |
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Greater Sage-GrouseCentrocercus urophasianus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Gunnison Sage-GrouseCentrocercus minimus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Himalayan SnowcockTetraogallus himalayensis |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Lesser Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus pallidicinctus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Sooty GrouseDendragapus fuliginosus |
Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest |
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White-tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucura |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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Forest and Woodlands |
Dusky GrouseDendragapus obscurus |
Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus |
Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Sooty GrouseDendragapus fuliginosus |
Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest |
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Spruce GrouseFalcipennis canadensis |
Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest |
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Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |