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| - | #REDIRECT [[Blue Grouse]] | + | ;[[:Category:Dendragapus|Dendragapus]] fuliginosus |
| | + | [[Image:Sooty grouse 07 05 17 15 42 36.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Displaying male<br />Photo by {{user|DennisC|DennisC}}<br />Hurricane Ridge road, Olympic National Park, Washington, [[USA]] |
| | + | , May 2007]] |
| | + | ==Identification== |
| | + | 42cm. Mottled brown, chicken-like birds with a dark tail. <br> |
| | + | '''Males:''' have a yellow comb above the eye that can be raised during displays, and black-tipped white feathers on the neck that cover reddish patches of bare skin, which are inflatable during displays. Grey band on tail<br> |
| | + | '''Females:''' are mottled brown above and mottled gray below. Brown tail with grey band. |
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| | + | Northern populations of [[Dusky Grouse]] (Nevada-Idaho border north) lack the blue-gray tail band seen in Sooty Grouse, but [[Dusky Grouse]] in the southern part of the species range ([[Nevada]], [[Utah]], southward) do have the tail band. |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | Western [[Canada]] and western states of the [[USA]] in mountainous regions. |
| | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Four subspecies accepted: |
| | + | *''D. f. fuliginosus'': [[Yukon]]/[[Alaska]] border to north-western [[California]]; Vancouver Island |
| | + | *''D. f. sitkensis'': South-eastern [[Alaska]] to Queen Charlotte Islands |
| | + | *''D. f. sierrae'': Cascades from [[Washington]] to [[California]] and [[Nevada]] |
| | + | *''D. f. howardi'': Southern [[California]] (southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains) |
| | + | Was until 2006 considered conspecific with [[Dusky Grouse]] under the name Blue Grouse. |
| | + | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Conifer and mixed forests, shrub, desert, tundra, up to 3,600m. Not found in arid regions or plains. |
| | + | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Nonmigratory, but they move in elevation with the seasons, spending the summers in mixed deciduous forests and winter in conifers at higher elevations. |
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| | + | Relatively tame, they often allow close approach before walking or running into thickets. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | The male inflates its colorful air sac during courtship to produce owl-like hoots that can be heard at considerable distance. |
| | + | |
| | + | They nest in a ground scrape. Incubation is 25-26 days by the female. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | Includes berries, tree buds, twigs, leaves, seed, and insects. In winter the diet includes conifer needles. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #[http://www.aou.org/checklist/suppl/AOU_checklist_suppl_47.pdf 47th Supplement to the AOU Checklist] |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | + | ==External Links== |
| | + | {{GSearch|Dendragapus+fuliginosus}} |
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| | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Dendragapus]] |
Current revision
- Dendragapus fuliginosus
Displaying male
Photo by
DennisCHurricane Ridge road, Olympic National Park, Washington,
USA , May 2007
[edit] Identification
42cm. Mottled brown, chicken-like birds with a dark tail.
Males: have a yellow comb above the eye that can be raised during displays, and black-tipped white feathers on the neck that cover reddish patches of bare skin, which are inflatable during displays. Grey band on tail
Females: are mottled brown above and mottled gray below. Brown tail with grey band.
Northern populations of Dusky Grouse (Nevada-Idaho border north) lack the blue-gray tail band seen in Sooty Grouse, but Dusky Grouse in the southern part of the species range (Nevada, Utah, southward) do have the tail band.
[edit] Distribution
Western Canada and western states of the USA in mountainous regions.
[edit] Taxonomy
Four subspecies accepted:
Was until 2006 considered conspecific with Dusky Grouse under the name Blue Grouse.
[edit] Habitat
Conifer and mixed forests, shrub, desert, tundra, up to 3,600m. Not found in arid regions or plains.
[edit] Behaviour
Nonmigratory, but they move in elevation with the seasons, spending the summers in mixed deciduous forests and winter in conifers at higher elevations.
Relatively tame, they often allow close approach before walking or running into thickets.
[edit] Breeding
The male inflates its colorful air sac during courtship to produce owl-like hoots that can be heard at considerable distance.
They nest in a ground scrape. Incubation is 25-26 days by the female.
Includes berries, tree buds, twigs, leaves, seed, and insects. In winter the diet includes conifer needles.
[edit] References
- 47th Supplement to the AOU Checklist
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
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