Galliformes24 Bird species
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Plain ChachalacaA 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 |
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Mountain QuailAn 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 QuailA 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 |
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California QuailPlump 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 |
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Gambel's QuailA 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 |
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Northern BobwhitePlump 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 QuailA 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 |
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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 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Willow PtarmiganA 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
6 Photographs -
Mountain Quail
1 Photograph -
Scaled Quail
6 Photographs -
California Quail
11 Photographs -
Gambel's Quail
6 Photographs -
Northern Bobwhite
3 Photographs -
Montezuma Quail
4 Photographs -
Chukar
6 Photographs -
Himalayan Snowcock
0 Photographs -
Gray Partridge
0 Photographs -
Ring-necked Pheasant
6 Photographs -
Ruffed Grouse
4 Photographs -
Greater Sage-Grouse
8 Photographs -
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
0 Photographs -
Spruce Grouse
10 Photographs -
Willow Ptarmigan
3 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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Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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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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Salt Water0 species |
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Human-altered Areas |
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California QuailCallipepla 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 |
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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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Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Scaled QuailCallipepla squamata |
Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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California QuailCallipepla 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 |
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Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal |
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Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumae |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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ChukarAlectoris chukar |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes |
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Himalayan SnowcockTetraogallus himalayensis |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Gray PartridgePerdix perdix |
Open Country and Grasslands |
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Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus |
Fresh Water Marshes, 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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Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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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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Sooty GrouseDendragapus fuliginosus |
Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest |
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Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido |
Open Country and Grasslands |
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Lesser Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus pallidicinctus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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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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Forest and Woodlands |
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Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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California QuailCallipepla 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 |
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Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumae |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus |
Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Spruce GrouseFalcipennis canadensis |
Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest |
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Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
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Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta |
Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest |
Dusky GrouseDendragapus obscurus |
Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Sooty GrouseDendragapus fuliginosus |
Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest |
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Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus |
Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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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 |