Identification Guides – BIRDS

PHEASANTS, GROUSE & QUAILS (Order Galliformes)
– Gray Partridge (Hungarian Partridge) (Perdix perdix)
Hungarian Partridge (Perdix perdix )
– Chukar (Alectoris chukar)
– Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
– Spruce Grouse (Dendragapus canadensis)
– Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
– Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
– Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
– White-Tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus)
– Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Partridge in a Pine Tree

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

– Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
– Greater Prairie Chicken (Typanuchus cupido)
– Lesser Prairie Chicken (Typmpanuchus pallidicinctus)
– Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
– Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
One manager, two workers.
– Montexuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)
– Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
– Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)
– Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii)
– California Quail (Callipela californica)
– Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus)

African Galliformes (Order Galliformes)
– Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

– Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer)

RAILS, COOTS, LIMPKINS & CRANES (Order Gruiformes)
– Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
– Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
– Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
– King Rail (Rallus elegans)
– Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
– Sora Rail (Porzana carolina)
– Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
– Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Common Moorhen  (Gallinula chloropus)
– American Coot (Fulica americana)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
– Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
– Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Adult Sandhill Crane - Kensington Park, Michigan
– Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
– Indian Peafowl/Peacock/Peahen (Pavo cristatus) ***DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESORT***
All dressed up and nowhere to go

EUROPEAN RAILS, COOTS, LIMPKINS & CRANES (Order Gruiformes)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

AFRICAN BUSTARDS, CRANES  (Order Gruiformes)
– Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
– Buff-crested Bustard (Eupodotis ruficrista)

– White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis)
White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis)
– Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster)
Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster)
– Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) – National bird of Uganda
Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) - National bird of Uganda

SHOREBIRDS, WADERS, GULLS & DIVING BIRDS (Order Charadriiformes)

PLOVERS, OYSTERCATCHERS, STILTS & AVOCETS (Suborder Charadrii)
– Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
– Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
– American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominicus)
– Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
– Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
– Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
– Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Following in my footsteps - Semipalmated Plover - Point Pelee National Park.
– Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
– Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
– Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
– American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
– Black Oystercatcher (Haemotopus bachmani)
– Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanuis)
– American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

EUROPEAN PLOVERS, OYSTERCATCHERS & STILTS (Suborder Charadrii)
– Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Oystercatcher

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