• Brown Pelican
• Coastal US to S. America
• Some migratory, some resident
• Beaches, bays, ocean, breed open islands+mangrove forests
• fish, especially anchoves in breeding system, plunge from air and scoop fish
• 2-3 eggs
• monogamous, altricial, colonial breeder, saucer nest of vegetation in low tree
• Endangered 1970-2009, increasing

• Chukar
• Western N. America
• non-migratory
• Arid, great basin, steep rocky mountainous terrain, cheatgrass, rangeland
• General diet
• 8-15 eggs
• Typical repro, monogamous
• Stable game species, from Pakistan 1930s

• Gray Partridge
• N. US and S. Canada
• Resident
• grassland, farmland, canyons
• grain, grass, CLOVER
• 14-18 eggs
• Typical repro, monogamous
• Stable game species, introduced from Eurasia

• Ring-necked Pheasant
• US+S. Canada
• Resident
• open areas w/edges, farmland, brush, forest edge, marsh
• Omnivores, invertebrates, small vertebrates, seeds, grain, fruit
• 9-10 eggs
• polygynous-females in harems, typical repro
• Introduced from Asia, declining game species, habitat degredation

• Ruffed Grouse (black ruff on neck)
• N. US, Canada, AK
• Resident
• deciduous mixed woodland w/ Aspen
• omnivores
• 9-12 eggs
• Typical repro, promiscuous mating, male "drumming" display
• Native game species, declining especially in east, needs early-successional forests

• Greater Sage-Grouse
• Western US
• Resident
• arid sage brush
• Foliage, sagebrush in fall/winter
• 6-9 eggs
• Typical repro, promiscuous, Leks April-May
• Declining, game species, CA special concern-->habitat destruction+West Nile Virus

• Spruce Grouse
• Canada, AK
• Resident
• Boreal coniferous forests, dense spruce, pine, fur
• Coniferous fooliage+berries
• 5-7 eggs
• Promiscuous, typical, male drum w/ wings and display on indiviual territory w/ resources
• Declining, endangered, don't fly, "fools hen"

• Willow Ptarmigan
• circumpolar arctic
• Altitudinal migrant
• tundra scrub, mountains, willows+alder thickets
• Willow, birch, alder buds+foliage
• 8-10 eggs
• Typical repro, monogamous, male+females tend young
• Stable (cyclic)

• Rock Ptarmigan
• Tundra, alpine N. hemisphere
• Altitudinal migrant
• High mountains, coastal tundra
• Willow+birch foliage/buds
• 6-9 eggs
• Typical repro, monogamous, male leaves after incubation
• Stable

• White-tailed Ptarmigan
• W. Canada/AK, Rocky Mountains, breeds S. of Canada/Sierra introductions
• Altitudinal migrant
• Alphine Tundra, Mountains above timberline
• Foliage, especially willows, insects
• 6-8 eggs
• Typical, monogamous
• Stable, live in less disturbed areas so historic ranges preserved

• Blue Grouse
• Mts. of W. N. AMerica
• Resident, some elevational migration
• Open forest, brush in summer, move to pure conifer in winter
• Leaves, berries, insect, conifer needles
• 7 eggs
• promiscuous, typical, attract females to territory
• Decreasing

• Sharp-tailed Grouse
• N. Central US, Canada, AK
• Resident
• Grassland, sagebrush, woodland edges, prairies, farmland
• Typical diet
• 12 eggs
• Promiscuous, leks
• Stable

• Greater Prairie-Chicken
• Midwestern prairies and coastal Texas
• Some resident, local migration (12-170km)
• Tallgrass prairies, grassland, cropland
• Typical diet, waste grain in winter
• 12 eggs
• Promiscious, lekking
• Declining, endangered in some states, habitat loss+ring-necked pheasant parasitism

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Southwestern US

Resident

Arid/sandy grasslands, short grass prairie

Typical diet

10-11 eggs

Typical repro, promiscuous lekking

Declining, less 10% original range, threatned in CO, current candidate for listing

• Wild Turkey
• Throughout US/Central Mexico, widely introduced in West
• Resident
• Open woodland, brush, forest edge
• Typical Diet, prefers nut/acorns
• 9-12 eggs
• Polygynous, female-defense
• Increasing, different subspecies weren't sustainable until Rio Grande subspecies sustainable and exponential increase, Live in Oaks usually privately owned