The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Galliformes

Indeed albeit not one suitable for the purposes of this thread, sadly!

One wonders how many of our members - if any - saw the species at Antwerp when it was held there in the 1970s, or indeed Norfolk Wildlife Park......

 

Perdix


Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

The range of this species extends throughout much of Europe, from Great Britain, the northern Iberian Peninsula and southern Scandinavia in the west to Ukraine, Turkish Thrace and western Russia in the east, and from here through Asia Minor, the Caucasus and southern Siberia into northern and eastern Kazakhstan. Introduced populations occur throughout Canada and the USA.

Six subspecies are recognised:

P. p. perdix - photo by @Goura



P. p. armoricana
P. p. hispaniensis - photo by @Mehdi



P. p. lucida
P. p. canescens
P. p. robusta


Daurian Partridge (Perdix dauurica)

The range of this species extends throughout south-central and southeast Siberia, and south through Mongolia into northern China, the Russian Far East, and eastern Central Asia.

Three subspecies are recognised:

P. d. dauurica - photo by @Chlidonias



P. d. przewalskii
P. d. suschkini


Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions of the northern Himalayas, from northwest India to northern Bhutan and northeast India, and from here throughout much of central China.

Three subspecies are recognised:

P. h. sifanica - photo by @Deer Forest



P. h. caraganae - photo by @Chlidonias



P. h. hodgsoniae
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Meleagris


Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern USA and southernmost Canada, with populations extending patchily into western USA and throughout northern and central Mexico; introduced and feral populations occur in several locations worldwide, with those populations in western USA also representing historical introductions.

Six subspecies are currently recognised:

M. g. silvestris - photo by @Ituri



M. g. osceola - photo by @Ituri



M. g. intermedia - photo by @Ituri



M. g. merriami - photo by @Ituri



M. g. mexicana
M. g. gallopavo


Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)

The range of this species is restricted to the Yucatan Peninsula of southeast Mexico, and adjacent regions of northern Guatemala and northwest Belize.

Monotypic.

Photo by @TeaLovingDave


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Bonasa


Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern North America, from western Alaska in the west to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in the east, and south throughout Canada into northernmost USA, extending further south in the Cascades, Rockies and Appalachians to northern California, northern Utah and northwest Colorado, and northern Georgia respectively.

Sixteen subspecies are recognised:

B. u. yukonensis
B. u. umbelloides
B. u. labradorensis
B. u. sabini
B. u. brunnescens
B. u. castanea
B. u. affinis
B. u. phaios
B. u. incana
B. u. mediana
B. u. obscura
B. u. togata
B. u. thayeri
B. u. monticola
B. u. umbellus
B. u. helmei

Photo by @Tomek




Hazel Grouse (Bonasa bonasia)

The range of this species extends from eastern Europe and Scandinavia, throughout much of Siberia and adjacent regions of central Asia, to the Russian Far East, northeast China and the Korean Peninsula; patchy and highly fragmented populations occur throughout the Alps and adjacent mountains of central and southern Europe, and also into eastern France, the Low Countries and western Germany.

Twelve subspecies are currently recognised:

B. b. styriaca
B. b. rhenana
B. b. rupestris
B. b. schiebeli
B. b. volgensis - photo by @Tomek



B. b. bonasia
B. b. griseonota
B. b. sibirica
B. b. kolymensis
B. b. amurensis
B. b. yamashinai
B. b. vicinitas


Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi)

The range of this species is restricted to southeast Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions of central China.

Two subspecies are currently recognised:

B. s. sewerzowi - photo by @Chlidonias



B. s. secunda
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It is worth noting that the Azure-winged Magpies held at the collection were the native Iberian species, of course

 

The basic difference points are a shorter tail and smaller overall size, a blue tip to the tail rather than the white tip found in the Asian species, and a rose-grey blush to the underside given the fact that some of the captive population of "Asian" display some of these traits, and it is only within the last decade or so that the two wild populations have been recognised as distinct species, I have long-suspected that Norfolk-bred birds went to other collections and hybridised with Asians.

I've been fortunate enough to see the Iberian species in the wild myself - so I know I have seen pure individuals of those at least.

 

Lagopus


Willow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)

The range of this species represents a Holarctic distribution, extending from the British Isles and Scandinavia in the west, through the Baltic States and western Russia into Siberia and northern Central Asia, to the Russian Far East, Sakhalin and Kamchatka in the east; from here the species extends across the Bering Strait through the Aleutian Islands into Alaska and Canada, as far east as Newfoundland and extending to southwest Canada along the western coastline.

Twenty subspecies are recognised:

L. l. hibernica
L. l. scotica
L. l. variegata
L. l. lagopus - photo by @Tomek



L. l. rossica
L. l. birulai
L. l. koreni
L. l. maior
L. l. brevirostris
L. l. kozlowae
L. l. sserebrowsky
L. l. kamtschatkensis
L. l. okadai
L. l. muriei
L. l. alexandrae
L. l. alascensis - photo by @Gondwana



L. l. leucoptera
L. l. alba
L. l. ungavus
L. l. alleni


Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)

The range of this species represents a Holarctic distribution throughout the tundra and alpine tundra of the far north of Eurasia and North America, from Iceland, the northern British Isles and Scandinavia in the west, throughout northern Siberia and the islands of the Arctic to the Russian Far East, northern Japan and Kamchatka; and from here throughout the Aleutian Islands into Alaska, the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. Disjunct populations are also present within the Alps, the Tarbagatai Mountains of Central Asia, and the mountains of southern Siberia and Mongolia.

Thirty-one subspecies are currently recognised:

L. m. hyperborea - photo by @devilfish



L. m. muta
L. m. millaisi
L. m. pyrenaica
L. m. helvetica - photo by @Tomek



L. m. komensis
L. m. pleskei
L. m. macrorhyncha
L. m. nadezdae .
L. m. transbaicalica
L. m. krascheninnikowi
L. m. gerasimovi
L. m. ridgwayi
L. m. kurilensis
L. m. japonica
L. m. evermanni
L. m. townsendi
L. m. gabrielsoni
L. m. sanfordi
L. m. chamberlaini
L. m. atkhensis
L. m. yunaskensis
L. m. nelsoni
L. m. dixoni
L. m. kelloggae
L. m. rupestris
L. m. macruros
L. m. saturata
L. m. reinhardi
L. m. welchi
L. m. islandorum


White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)

The range of this species extends from southern Alaska throughout much of western Canada, and south into the Cascades of northwest USA; highly-fragmented disjunct populations occur throughout the Rocky Mountains from Montana in the north to New Mexico in the south, with patchy presence of introduced populations in much of western USA.

Five subspecies are currently recognised:

L. l. peninsularis
L. l. leucura
L. l. saxatilis
L. l. rainierensis
L. l. altipetens

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Dendragapus


Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of inland western Canada, and from here patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout the Rocky Mountains and adjacent regions of western USA, as far south as northwest Arizona and adjacent western New Mexico.

Four subspecies are currently recognised:

D. o. richardsonii - photo by @Ituri



D. o. pallidus
D. o. obscurus
D. o. oreinus


Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Pacific coastline of northwest North America, from southeast Alaska in the north, through western Canada, to the Sierra Nevada of California in the south.

Four subspecies are currently recognised:

D. f. sitkensis
D. f. fuliginosus
D. f. sierrae
D. f. howardi

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Falcipennis


Siberian Grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution throughout southeast Siberia and Sakhalin.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis)

The range of this species extends across the taiga of North America, from Alaska in the west to the Labrador Peninsula in the east, extending south from here to Nova Scotia and northeast New England; an introduced population is present on Newfoundland.

Five subspecies are currently recognised:

F. c. osgoodi - photo by @Pleistohorse



F. c. atratus
F. c. canadensis
F. c. canace
F. c. torridus


Franklin’s Grouse (Falcipennis franklinii)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the Pacific coastline of northwest North America, from southern Alaska in the north to southwest British Colombia and immediately adjacent northwest Washington, and also through the Rocky Mountains to central Idaho and northwest Wyoming.

Two subspecies are currently recognised:

F. f. isleibi
F. f. franklinii

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Tetrao


Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

The range of this species extends throughout the boreal forests of Eurasia, from Scandinavia and the Baltic States in the west, through Eastern Europe and western Russia into Siberia, as far east as Lake Baikal and adjacent regions of south-east Siberia; west of this range the distribution of the species represents a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations extending patchily throughout the Alps, Pyrenees, northern Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, with a reintroduced population in northern Scotland.

Thirteen subspecies are currently recognised:

T. u. urogallus - photo by @Bwassa



T. u. lonnbergi
T. u. karelicus
T. u. cantabricus - photo by @Merintia



T. u. aquitanicus
T. u. crassirostris - photo by @TeaLovingDave



T. u. rudolfi
T. u. pleskei - photo by @alexkant



T. u. obsoletus
T. u. kureikensis
T. u. volgensis
T. u. uralensis
T. u. taczanowskii


Black-billed Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern Siberia, Kamchatka and Sakhalin, and adjacent regions of eastern Mongolia and northeast China.

Three subspecies are currently recognised:

T. u. urogalloides
T. u. kamtschaticus
T. u. stegmanni

No photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Lyrurus


Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)

The range of this species extends throughout the boreal forests of Eurasia, from Scandinavia and the Baltic States in the west, through Eastern Europe and western Russia into Siberia and adjacent regions of Central Asia, to the Russian Far East and northeast China in the east; west of this range the distribution of the species represents a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations extending patchily throughout Central and Western Europe and into the uplands of Great Britain, with the largest population hub stretching throughout the Alps.

Seven subspecies are currently recognised:

L. t. britannicus
L. t. tetrix - photo by @alexkant



L. t. viridanus
L. t. tschusii
L. t. baikalensis
L. t. mongolicus
L. t. ussuriensis


Caucasian Grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi)

The range of this species is restricted to the mountains of the Caucasus, extending south into northeast Turkey and northwest Iran.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Centrocercus


Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of western USA, as far south as east-central California in the west and western Colorado in the east, and also north into adjacent regions of inland southwest Canada.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Ituri




Gunnison Grouse (Centrocercus minimus)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution throughout the Gunnison Basin of southeast Utah and southwest Colorado.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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Tympanuchus


Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)

The range of this species extends across much of northern North America, from west-central Alaska in the west to northern Ontario and southwest Quebec in the east, and patchily south into north-central USA, extending through the Rockies as far south as south-central Colorado.

Six extant subspecies are currently recognised:

T. p. caurus
T. p. kennicotti
T. p. columbianus - photo by @Ituri



T. p. jamesi
T. p. phasianellus
T. p. campestris


Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations; extending patchily throughout much of central USA from North Dakota and southwest Minnesotta in the north to northeast Colorado, Kansas and western Missouri in the south; in central Wisconsin ; in southern Illinois; and in coastal southeast Texas. This range represents the remnants of a much more continuous distribution prior to regional extirpation, which also extended throughout eastern USA.

Two extant subspecies are currently recognised; the nominate race was extirpated from the mainland in the late 19th century, with the last known example recorded from Martha's Vineyard in 1932.

T. c. pinnatus - photo by @birdsandbats



T. c. attwateri - photo by @d1am0ndback




Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout south-central USA, from southeast Colorado and west-central Kansas in the north to northeast New Mexico and adjacent western Texas in the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.
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And with that, another photographic guide has been brought to a satisfying conclusion I will, as usual, post a summary of how well-represented the various families covered in this thread are in the Zoochat gallery anon - however, offhand I reckon this area is one of the most fruitful we have covered so far in these threads, doubtless due to how popular and commonplace members of the galliformes are in captivity!

However, there is *always* room for improvement, and I know for a fact there will be species and subspecies currently unrepresented in the gallery which someone or other will be able to upload as such, the summaries will as ever include a list of those species yet to be depicted.

One personal point of frustration is that three taxa which are currently absent from the Zoochat gallery represent subspecies which I have seen myself on many occasions but lack decent images of these being the UK native races for Willow Grouse (hibernica and scotica), Rock Ptarmigan (millaisi) and Black Grouse (britannicus). Of course, given the fact there are more than a few keen birders among the British contingent on Zoochat, there is a decent chance someone will be able to plug these gaps.

 

TOTAL - 160/307 species represented (52.11% representation)


MEGAPODIIDAE - 7/21 species represented (33.33% representation)

CRACIDAE - 34/56 species represented (60.71% representation)

NUMIDIDAE - 4/8 species represented (50.00% representation)

ODONTOPHORIDAE - 9/35 species represented (25.71% representation)

PHASANIDAE - 106/187 species represented (56.68% representation)

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