Speaking of grouse, I become perplexed with words used to describe certain gallinaceous (resembling domestic fowl) birds. Pick up a dictionary and look up “grouse.” Now look up “partridge.” ...

“Too bad the spruce grouse is so little known, because it’s got to be the most audacious of the gallinaceous,” says Dave Anderson, co-host of NHPR’s Something Wild. Gallinaceous refers to ...

Some gallinaceous birds, like the turkey, sport ostentatious fleshy wattles that hang from their necks, or combs on the tops of their heads in bold colors like red or purple that can signal a male ...

There has also been a drastic shrinkage of its habitat to less than 2% of its original expanse. Commonly known as the Alagoas Curassow, this gallinaceous bird would have disappeared completely were it ...