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Ruffed grouse
| Ruffed grouse Temporal range:
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| A displaying male at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan, and a female at Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Tetraonini |
| Genus: | Bonasa Stephens, 1819 |
| Species: | B. umbellus
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| Bonasa umbellus | |
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resident range
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Grouse Facts".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ADWwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "1931 Act 234". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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