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Bonasa umbellus (ruffed grouse)
Taxonomy
Tetrao umbellus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.
It was recombined as Bonasa umbellus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992), Clements et al. (2017), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Bonasa umbellus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992), Clements et al. (2017), Eshelman et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1766 | Tetrao umbellus Linnaeus |
| 1930 | Bonasa umbellus Hay p. 325 |
| 1940 | Bonasa umbellus Wetmore p. 43 |
| 1942 | Bonasa umbellus Miller and DeMay p. 105 |
| 1956 | Bonasa umbellus Wetmore p. 52 |
| 1962 | Bonasa umbellus Wetmore p. 8 |
| 1992 | Bonasa umbellus Parmalee p. 312 |
| 2017 | Bonasa umbellus Clements et al. |
| 2025 | Bonasa umbellus Eshelman et al. p. 83 |
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Bonasa umbellus Linnaeus 1766 [ruffed grouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available