Wildlife North America
your online guide to North American Animals

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, Quail



Plain Chachalaca
(Ortalis vetula)
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Plain Chachalaca
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Gambel's Quail
(Callipepla gambelii)
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Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail is a medium sized quail. The body is mainly gray with chestnut brown sides streaked with white. It has a narrow forward-facing crest or topknot on the head. Males have black face, chestnut brown head, and narrow white lines separating...  Read more >
Northern Bobwhite
(Colinus virginianus)
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Northern Bobwhite
The Northern Bobwhite is a medium sized quail. It has a rounded body, short tail, round head with short crest. The body is reddish brown, black and white in a cryptic scaly pattern. The male has white stripe above eye and white throat, with black...  Read more >
Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)
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Ruffed Grouse
The Ruffed Grouse is a stocky chicken-shaped bird. The male has a large dark neck ruff and crest, with two or more white spots on the rump feathers. The female has smaller crest and ruff, and only a single spot on the rump feathers. The plumage is...  Read more >
Greater Sage-Grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus)
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Greater Sage-Grouse
The Sage grouse is a chicken like bird, and is the largest grouse in North American. Males have a dark grey head, black throat and yellow lores. The upper parts of the chest is brown and it has a large white ruff that it can inflate during courtship...  Read more >
Wild Turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo)
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Wild Turkey
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Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
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Ring-necked Pheasant
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