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galliformes

Galliformes

24 Bird species
Plain Chachalaca

Plain Chachalaca

A relatively large, somewhat chicken-like bird with a long broad tail; U.S. range is limited to extreme Southern Texas. Adult is dusky olive-brown on the smallish head, neck, upper breast, back, wings and tail. Lower breast, belly, and undertail are paler buffy brown. In flight, tail fans into a diam more...

Length: 56 cm Wingspan: 66 cm

Mountain Quail

Mountain Quail

An elegantly streamlined and colorful quail of western mountains. Adult has bold white vertical bars on flanks, overlaid on deep chestnut belly and sides, orange undertail coverts, brownish-gray upperparts, clean gray head and breast, burgundy-red throat with white outline, short legs and tail, and l more...

Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 41 cm

Scaled Quail

Scaled Quail

A stocky, intricately-patterned quail of interior Southwest. Adult is gray overall, with fine black "scales" over neck and underparts, white streaks on flanks, clean brownish upperparts, brown face, and pale crest. more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

California Quail

California Quail

Plump adult stands upright and has stubby wings, relatively short legs and tail, and forward-curling plume on head. Male has blue-gray upperparts and breast, scaly belly, reddish sides streaked with white, scaly nape, black face with white borders, and dark reddish cap. Female lacks black on face and more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Gambel's Quail

Gambel's Quail

A common quail of the southwest. Plump adult stands upright and has stubby wings, relatively short legs and tail, and forward-curling plume on head. Male has blue-gray upperparts and breast, buffy belly with black patch in front of legs, reddish sides streaked with white, black face with white border more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Plump and quail-like with short legs and tail, stubby wings, and squat structure. Adult male has white throat and long white supercilium; head is otherwise black except rufous-tinged crown. Underparts and back are bright rufous, darker blackish in Florida, with white streaks on flanks and white-spott more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Montezuma Quail

Montezuma Quail

A plump, boldly patterned quail of the Southwest. Adult male has white head with swirling black marks around the eye, rufous crown, black underparts dotted with white, black upperparts with white streaks and fine brown barring, and very short legs and tail. Adult female retains vestige of male's whit more...

Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 38 cm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

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

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

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  • Plain Chachalaca

    Plain Chachalaca

    6 Photographs
  • Mountain Quail

    Mountain Quail

    1 Photograph
  • Scaled Quail

    Scaled Quail

    6 Photographs
  • California Quail

    California Quail

    11 Photographs
  • Gambel's Quail

    Gambel's Quail

    6 Photographs
  • Northern Bobwhite

    Northern Bobwhite

    3 Photographs
  • Montezuma Quail

    Montezuma Quail

    4 Photographs
  • Chukar

    Chukar

    6 Photographs
  • Himalayan Snowcock

    Himalayan Snowcock

    0 Photographs
  • Gray Partridge

    Gray Partridge

    0 Photographs
  • Ring-necked Pheasant

    Ring-necked Pheasant

    6 Photographs
  • Ruffed Grouse

    Ruffed Grouse

    4 Photographs
  • Greater Sage-Grouse

    Greater Sage-Grouse

    8 Photographs
  • Gunnison Sage-Grouse

    Gunnison Sage-Grouse

    0 Photographs
  • Spruce Grouse

    Spruce Grouse

    10 Photographs
  • Willow Ptarmigan

    Willow Ptarmigan

    3 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
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

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

Salt Water

0 species

Human-altered-areas-sm

Human-altered Areas

2 species

California Quail

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
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

20 species

Mountain Quail

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Scaled Quail

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
California Quail

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Gambel's Quail

Gambel's Quail

Callipepla gambelii

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal
Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets
Montezuma Quail

Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands
Chukar

Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes
Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Gray Partridge

Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

Open Country and Grasslands
Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Fresh Water Marshes, 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
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

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

Sooty Grouse

Dendragapus fuliginosus

Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Greater Prairie-Chicken

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

Open Country and Grasslands
Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
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
Forest-and-woodlands-sm

Forest and Woodlands

13 species

Plain Chachalaca

Plain Chachalaca

Ortalis vetula

Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Mountain Quail

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
California Quail

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets
Montezuma Quail

Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands
Ruffed Grouse

Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Spruce Grouse

Spruce Grouse

Falcipennis canadensis

Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

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

Dusky Grouse

Dendragapus obscurus

Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Sooty Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Dendragapus fuliginosus

Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus

Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
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
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