page_title: List of birds of Iowa
section_title: Pheasants, grouse, and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Iowa / Pheasants, grouse, and allies
caption_attribution_description: Public Domain image from English Wikipedia of a Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
context_page_description: This list of birds of Iowa includes species documented in the U.S. state of Iowa and accepted by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. As of July 2020, there are 430 species included in the official list. Of them, 92 are classed as accidental, 25 are classed as casual, eight have been introduced to North America, three are extinct, and one has been extirpated.
  Only birds that are considered to have established, self-sustaining, wild populations in Iowa are included on this list. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Iowa, are not included.
  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.
  The following codes are used to designate some species:
  Accidental - "seen once to several times, but less than 4 of last 10 years" per the IOU
context_section_description: Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae
  Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies including the partridges, grouse, turkeys, and old world quail. 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. Six species have been recorded in Iowa.
  Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
  Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus
  Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus (Ex)
  Greater prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (A)
  Gray partridge, Perdix perdix (I)
  Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I)
caption: Wild turkey
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