Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. Breeding males are mottled gray and brown with a white belly and a red eyebrow (not always visible).
Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. Females are barred in brown and black with a yellowish wash.
Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill. Males and females turn entirely while during the winter.
Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. This individual is molting out of its breeding plumage into its winter white plumage.
Heavily mottled in brown, black, and white with an almost scaly-looking head.
Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. This individual is molting from its all white winter plumage to its mottled breeding plumage.
Smaller, stocky grouse with a short bill and tail. Breeding males are mottled gray and brown with a white belly and a red eyebrow (not always visible).
Found in rocky areas and meadows at or above treeline.
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A plump chickenlike bird with a short neck, small head and bill, and large, feathered feet. The wings are short and rounded.
This is the smallest grouse species in North America. Slightly smaller than a Rock Ptarmigan; larger than a California Quail.
crow-sizedPheasants, Grouse, and Allies(Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae)
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