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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Ruffed Grouse* |
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Bonasa umbellus |
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Description (10)
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Ruffed Grouse
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Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)
Size
43 - 48 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Habitat
Temperate and boreal forest.
Canada, USA (B).
Introduced to St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (NB).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 8,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) [XC479776]
by Bobby Wilcox from Big Bar Lake, Canada (drumming)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) [XC21080]
by Ryan P. O'Donnell from Windsor, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, United States (call)
Subspecies
Known to have hybridized, very rarely, with Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis).
The following 15 subspecies are recognised:
- yukonensis Grinnell, 1916 - Western Alsaka and central Yukon to northern Alberta and north-western Saskatchewan.
- umbelloides (Douglas, 1829) - Northern British Columbia through central Alberta, central Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario to Quebec.
- labradorensis Ouellet, 1991 - Labrador Peninsula.
- sabini (Douglas, 1829) - Pacific coast from south-western British Columbia to north-western California.
- brunnescens Conover, 1935 - Vancouver I.
- castanea Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943 - Olympic Peninsula.
- affinis Aldrich and Friedmann, 1943 - Inland British Columbia south to central Oregon.
- phaios Aldrich and Friedmann, 1943 - South-eastern British Columbia to eastern Oregon and south-central Idaho.
- incana Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943 - South-eastern Idaho and western Wyoming south to central Utah.
- mediana Todd, 1940 - Minnesota and southern Wisconsin.
- togata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Southern Ontario and southern Quebec south to northern Wisconsin, central Michigan and central New York.
- thayeri Bangs, 1912 - Nova Scotia.
- umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Central New York and central Massachusetts south to eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
- monticola Todd, 1940 - Southern Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, through Appalachian Mts to northern Georgia.
- obscura Todd, 1947 - Northern Ontario (Canada).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Ruffed Grouse see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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