Round and chickenlike with long and pointed central tail feathers and a small, slightly crested head. Purple skin patches are visible on the male's neck during courtship displays.
Round and chickenlike with long and pointed central tail feathers and a small, slightly crested head. Barred in brown, black, and buff. Note V-shaped marks on belly.
Normally has a short crest on the head, but can be slicked down to show a rounded profile. Note white facial stripes behind eye and along cheek.
Round and chickenlike with long, pointed central tail feathers and a small, slightly crested head. Barred in brown, black, and buff.
Round and chickenlike with a small, slightly crested head. Barred in brown, black, and buff.
Males gather at specific sites called leks to perform courtship displays for females.
Social grouse that sometimes perches in trees.
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A tubby, chickenlike bird with small head, small bill, short legs, and medium-long, graduated (pointed) tail.
Smaller than a Ring-necked Pheasant, larger than a Gray Partridge.
crow-sizedIn general Sharp-tailed Grouse in northern populations, which are found in bogs and brushy openings in the boreal forest, are darker, almost blackish, with more spotted upperparts, than birds in southern populations, which occur in open prairie habitats. A subspecies known as hueyi, from northeastern New Mexico, is now extinct.
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies(Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae)
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