#1375 · 🐦 birds

Ruffed Grouse

🇳🇱 Kraaghoen ·Bonasa umbellus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The ruffed grouse ( Bonasa umbellus ) is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is non-migratory. It is the only species in the genus Bonasa .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,447iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,447 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).