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Bonasa umbellus  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 175790

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): gélinotte huppée [French]
  
    Ruffed Grouse [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderGalliformes  -- Fowls, gallinacées, Gallinaceous Birds, volaille  
                FamilyPhasianidae  -- cailles, faisans, Grouse, Partridges, Pheasants, Quail, Turkeys  
                   SubfamilyTetraoninae  -- Grouse  
                      GenusBonasa Stephens, 1819 -- Ruffed Grouse  
                         SpeciesBonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- gélinotte huppée, Ruffed Grouse  
    Direct Children:  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus affinis Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus brunnescens Conover, 1935  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus castanea Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus incana Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus labradorensis Ouellet, 1990  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus mediana Todd, 1940  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus monticola Todd, 1940  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus obscura Todd, 1947  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus phaios Aldrich & Friedmann, 1943  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus sabini (Douglas, 1829)  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus togata (Linnaeus, 1766)  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus umbelloides (Douglas, 1829)  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766)  
                            Subspecies Bonasa umbellus yukonensis Grinnell, 1916  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ruffed Grouse [English], gélinotte huppée [French]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Ruffed Grouse [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.05.23, website (version 23-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus, Ruffed Grouse   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus, Ruffed Grouse   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Bonasa umbellus, Ruffed Grouse   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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