Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) Female

Lifer

 

Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

 

Habitat : Forests

Food : Plants

Nesting : Ground

Behavior : Ground Forager

Conservation : Declining

 

"One of North America’s largest grouse, the Sooty Grouse used to be considered the darker, coastal subspecies of the Blue Grouse. Recent DNA evidence supports the spilt of the Blue Grouse into two separate species, the Dusky Grouse and the Sooty Grouse. The male’s deep booming call is hard to locate." - Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

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