Sage Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1827)
English (US) Sage Grouse
The Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: prairies and sage grassland of western Canada to southwestern USARange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Centrocercus urophasianus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Sage Grouse
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao urophasianus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1827)
- Type locality
- Northwestern countries beyond the Mississippi especially on the Missouri.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 3, no.10 p.213
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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