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-enrufado,
  • 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

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 25-06-2005
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