upland game bird

{{see also|Upland hunting}}

As of 2013 the population of upland game birds such as pheasants had been falling in agricultural states such as Iowa where increased commodity prices for crops such as corn had resulted in reductions in game habitat in acreage set aside in the Conservation Reserve Program. A significant reduction in the number of hunters over the previous 20 years was also reported.{{cite news|title=As Pheasants Disappear, Hunters in Iowa Follow|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/us/as-pheasants-disappear-hunters-in-iowa-follow.html|access-date=January 1, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 31, 2012|author=John Eligon}}

At least ten states have passed laws wherein there is a definition of "upland game" giving a list of species.{{cite book |editor1-last=Ryder |editor1-first=Thomas J. |title=State wildlife management and conservation |date=2018 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-1421424460 |page=96}} These lists are not at all the same, and some of them contain non-avian species. These species may be listed by common name instead of by scientific name, which can make it difficult to determine from the laws alone what species they intend to protect. The following species appear on one or more state lists of "upland game."

• American Crow
• Band-Tailed Pigeon
• Blue Grouse
• Chukar Partridge
• Dove
• Dusky Grouse
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Gray Partridge
• Greater Sage-Grouse
• Grouse
• Hungarian Partridge
• Mourning Dove
• Partridge
• Pheasant
• Pigeon
• Ptarmigan
• Quail
• Ruffed Grouse
• Sage Grouse
• Sandhill Crane
• Sharp-tailed grouse
• Turkey
• White-tailed ptarmigan
• Wild Turkey
• Woodcock

• Cottontail rabbit
• Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
• Fox
• Hare
• Opossum
• Prairie Dog
• Rabbit
• Rock Chuck
• Snowshoe Hare
• Tree Squirrel

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