Recent Range Expansion of Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus, in Labrador

Authors

  • Tony E. Chubbs Department of Environment and Conservation, Wildlife Division, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Box 3014, Station B, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador A0P 1E0
  • Frank R. Phillips Department of Natural Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Box 3014, Station B, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador A0P 1E0

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i1.1028

Keywords:

Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus, distribution, range expansion, Labrador

Abstract

The recent distribution of Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus, has not been documented in Labrador. Here we provide new records, extending northward the known contiguous distribution by 100 to 150 km, and identify three new, possibly discrete, populations.

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Vol. 124 No. 1 (2010)

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