Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus - Gélinotte huppée

Gélinotte huppée
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Bonasa

  • Species
    :

    umbellus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 48 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 56 à 64 cm.
  • Weight
    : 530 à 650 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gélinotte huppée
♂ adult
Gélinotte huppée
♀ adult

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 13 subspecies

  • Bonasa umbellus umbellus (ec USA)
  • Bonasa umbellus yukonensis (Alaska. USA. , nw Canada)
  • Bonasa umbellus umbelloides (se Alaska. USA. thru c Canada to c Oregon and nw Wyoming)
  • Bonasa umbellus labradorensis (Labrador Pen.. Canada.)
  • Bonasa umbellus castanea (Olympic Pen.. USA.)
  • Bonasa umbellus obscura (n Ontario. Canada.)
  • Bonasa umbellus sabini (w coast of Canada and USA)
  • Bonasa umbellus brunnescens (Vancouver I.. Canada.)
  • Bonasa umbellus togata (nc and ne USA, se Canada)
  • Bonasa umbellus mediana (nc USA)
  • Bonasa umbellus phaios (se British Columbia. Canada. to sc Idaho and e Oregon (USA))
  • Bonasa umbellus incana (se Idaho to c Utah. USA.)
  • Bonasa umbellus monticola (c and ec USA)

Foreign names

  • Gélinotte huppée,
  • Grévol engolado,
  • tetraz-de-colar,
  • Kragenhuhn,
  • galléros császármadár,
  • Kraaghoen,
  • Francolino di monte americano,
  • kragjärpe,
  • Kragejerpe,
  • jariabok hrivnatý,
  • jeřábek kanadský,
  • Kravehjerpe,
  • röyhelöpyy,
  • grèvol crestat,
  • cieciornik,
  • apkakles mežirbe,
  • Воротничковый рябчик,
  • エリマキライチョウ,
  • 披肩榛鸡,
  • 披肩榛雞,

Voice song and cries

Gélinotte huppée
adult

Habitat

Gélinotte huppée

Forest : Boreal, Temperate

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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