Ruffed grouse

Ruffed grouse
Temporal range: Pleistocene–present
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A displaying male at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan, and a female at Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Tetraonini
Genus: Bonasa
Stephens, 1819
Species:
B. umbellus
Binomial name
Bonasa umbellus
   resident range
Synonyms
  • Tetrao umbellus Linnaeus, 1766
A male found at the Kortright Center for Conservation.

The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is the most widely distributed game bird in North America.[2] It is non-migratory. It is the only species in the genus Bonasa.

The ruffed grouse is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "partridge", an unrelated phasianid, and occasionally confused with the grey partridge, a bird of open areas rather than woodlands.[3]

The ruffed grouse is the state game bird of Pennsylvania, United States.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Bonasa umbellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22679500A131905854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22679500A131905854.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Grouse Facts".
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ADW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "1931 Act 234". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 17 November 2022.