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Bonasa
Taxonomy
Bonasa was named by Stephens (1819). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tetraonidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982); and to Phasianidae by Parmalee (1992), Mlikovsky (2002), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Tetraonidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982); and to Phasianidae by Parmalee (1992), Mlikovsky (2002), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017), Eshelman et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1819 | Bonasa Stephens |
| 1930 | Bonasa Hay p. 325 |
| 1940 | Bonasa Wetmore p. 43 |
| 1956 | Bonasa Wetmore p. 52 |
| 1962 | Bonasa Wetmore p. 7 |
| 1982 | Bonasa Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1992 | Bonasa Parmalee p. 312 |
| 2002 | Bonasa Mlikovsky p. 169 |
| 2013 | Bonasa Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Bonasa Clements et al. |
| 2025 | Bonasa Eshelman et al. p. 83 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available