Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 17,521
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The ruffed grouse 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. It is not 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ruffed grouse”.