See also: willow ptarmigan
- 1743  (1949)  The willow Partridge which is Larger than those above mention'd is the same colour Excep't the black from the Eye to the Bill. . . .
- 1896  One, the willow-partridge, is a very handsome bird, with a black throat and head and scarlet eyebrows, and a brownish body handsomely mottled with orange.
- 1959  Willow Ptarmigan [is also called] willow partridge (. . . "Keewatin")
2 a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.
See also: ruffed grouse
- 1959  Ruffed Grouse [is also called] willow partridge (Man.).