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Pennsylvania species impacted by Global Warming
Ruffed Grouse Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)

State bird of Pennsylvania
Photo © Jeff Foott
Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

 
The ruffed grouse is not in danger of disappearing from Pennsylvania.

Description
16-19" (41-48 cm). A brown or gray-brown, chicken-like bird with slight crest, fan-shaped, black-banded tail, barred flanks, and black "ruffs" on sides of neck.

Voice
Female gives soft hen-like clucks. In spring displaying male sits on a log and beats the air with his wings, creating a drumming sound that increases rapidly in tempo.

Habitat
Deciduous and mixed forests, especially those with scattered clearings and dense undergrowth; overgrown pastures.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Alder Flycatcher
American Redstart
Bank Swallow
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
White-throated Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Siskin



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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