Unit 2: Upland Gamebirds (pt 2)

Question 1

White barring on chest/sides

False “ears” (in display)

Pink display sac

Answer 1

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Question 2

Red comb over eye

Winter plumage: white body, black line through eye

Summer plumage: brown/black body, paler belly

Black line in tail

Small bill

Answer 2

Rock Ptarmigan

Question 3

Little-no red over eye

No black in tail

Entirely white in winter

Otherwise similar to Rock Ptarmigan

Answer 3

White-Tailed Ptarmigan

Question 4

Reddish-brown head/back

White wings

Red comb over eye (not always visible)

Answer 4

Willow Ptarmigan

Question 5

Male: White line over eye; black line through eye; white throat; black crest

Female: Same pattern, but buff (yellow-beige) instead of white

Answer 5

Northern Bobwhite

Question 6

Cottony white crest

Blue-gray body with apparent scales on breast

Answer 6

Scaled Quail

Question 7

Two long, thin plumes

Brown throat w/ white outline

“Painted” white stripes on flanks

Answer 7

Mountain Quail

Question 8

Black face+forehead w/ white outline

Reddish crown

Gray chest; yellow (pale) belly; black belly patch

Dark body; white striping on sides

Answer 8

Gambel’s Quail

Question 9

Black plume and crown

Gray forehead; black face; black throat; white outline

Apparently scaled belly

Answer 9

California Quail

Question 10

Dark, pointed bill

Black spots at top of neck, and on wings

Irridescent patch on neck (male)

Long, pointed tail

White tipped outer tail feathers

Answer 10

Mourning Dove

Question 11

Yellow bill w/ black tip

Gray-blue body

Squared tail

White band on back of neck; irridescent patch below

Answer 11

Band-Tailed Pigeon

Question 12

Standard city pigeon

Note white bit over bill (most of the time)

Answer 12

Rock Pigeon