Ruffed Grouse

Taxonomy

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae

Genus

Bonasa

eBird Code

rufgro

Subspecies (13)

• Bonasa umbellus brunnescens

  Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland

• Bonasa umbellus castanea

  Olympic Peninsula (northwestern Washington)

• Bonasa umbellus incana

  southeastern Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota to Colorado and western South Dakota

• Bonasa umbellus labradorensis

  Labrador

• Bonasa umbellus mediana

  Minnesota and southern Wisconsin

• Bonasa umbellus monticola

  southern Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to northern Georgia

• Bonasa umbellus obscura

  northern Ontario (eastern Canada)

• Bonasa umbellus phaios

  southeastern British Columbia and eastern Washington to Rocky Mountains of southern Idaho

• Bonasa umbellus sabini

  coastal southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California

• Bonasa umbellus togata

  north-central and northeastern USA and southeastern Canada

• Bonasa umbellus umbelloides

  southeastern Alaska (northwestern USA) through central Canada to central Oregon and northwestern Wyoming (western USA)

• Bonasa umbellus umbellus

  New York and Massachusetts to eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey

• Bonasa umbellus yukonensis

  western Alaska and Yukon to northwestern Saskatchewan