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Ruffed Grouse
-Black band then w/ white tip
-Brown body
-White w/ chevron black belly |
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Sooty Grouse
-light band on tip of all black tail
-plumage is generally dark
-yellow bare skin on side of neck when displaying
-yellow over the eye |
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Dusky Grouse
-Light grey band on tip of all blck tail
-Purpleish red skin on side of neck when displaying
-Red over the eye |
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Rock Pigeon
-Red eye
-Irredecent green on the neck
-Black bands on wings
-Grey/white belly |
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Greater Sage Grouse
Rounded wings
Yellow over the eye
Long pointed tail
Balckish Brown throat
Display has olive green air sacs
White breast |
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Gunnison Sage Grouse
Long pointed tail
Yellow above the eyes
Black throat
White chest |
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Sharp-tailed Grouse
Purple neck sac
Scaled underparts
Short crest on brown
Yellow comb over eye
Narrow tail w/ white outer feathers
Whitish plumage with darker brown, black and tan
Dots on wing feather! |
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
Yellow air sacs on throat
Dark rounded tail w/ white tip
Fake "Ears", pointed
'Barred' black and white lines along body
Yellow over eye |
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Rock Ptarmigan
Brown and white in summer
White in winter
Black line through eye in winter
Red comb over eye
Black tip on tail |
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White-Tailed Ptarmigan
ALLLL White in winter
Little red over eye
Small black bill
NO black on tail
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Willow Ptarmigan
Black tail
Stout bill
Red head with red backing
Red over eye but no black line through eye |
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Northern Bobwhite
Male: White over face
Female: Yellowish over face
Dark streak through eye
Brownish coloring
Chevron on belly
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Scaled Quail
Little White mohawk on top of head
Has scale like feather from head to feet |
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Mountain Quail
Things sticking out of head
Cheasnut throat outlined in white
Cheastnut sided with white barring
Grey head and breast
Olive Back |
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Gambel's Quail
Red creast on head
Black forehead and black chin
Grey/blue chest
Cheastnut side with white vertical barring
Feather out of head
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California Quail
Blue Chest
Scaled Belly!
Bluff colored forehead
Black chin & outlined |
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Mourning Dove
Beige coloring
pinkish wash on underparts
Black spots on wings
Black bill
Black mark on lower neck |
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Band-Tailed Pigeon
White mark on back of neck
Irredecent feather on back of neck
Round tail
Band on tail |
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