page_title: List of birds of New Hampshire
section_title: Pheasants, grouse, and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of New Hampshire / Pheasants, grouse, and allies
caption_attribution_description: English: Immature male Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis), on portage to Matagamasi Lake, Chiniguchi River Park, Temagami, Ontario, Canada
context_page_description: This list of birds of New Hampshire includes species documented in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and accepted by the New Hampshire Rare Bird Committee of New Hampshire Audubon. As of April 2010, the list contained 398 species. Of them, 110 are on the review list and five have been introduced to North America. Three are extinct and three have been extirpated. To this list are added 11 hypothetical species, and 18 species with eBird records since the official list was published through June 2020. These 29 species are also tagged. A few species whose only records are almost surely of escaped or released birds are not included here.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species listed below are considered to occur regularly in New Hampshire as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants.
context_section_description: Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae
  Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. Turkeys have a distinctive fleshy wattle that hangs from the underside of the beak and a fleshy protuberance that hangs from the top of its beak called a snood. As with many galliform species, the female (the hen) is smaller than the male (the tom) and much less colorful. With wingspans of 1.5–1.8 meters (almost 6 feet), the turkeys are the largest birds in the open forests in which they live and are rarely mistaken for any other species. Grouse inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are game and are sometimes hunted for food. In all New Hampshire species, males are polygamous and have elaborate courtship displays. These heavily built birds have legs feathered to the toes. Most species are year-round residents and do not migrate. Four species have been recorded in New Hampshire.
  Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
  Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus
  Spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis
  Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I)
caption: Spruce grouse
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