Dusky grouse | |
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Male displaying, Yellowstone National Park | |
Female in New Mexico, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Dendragapus |
Species: | D. obscurus
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Binomial name | |
Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1822)
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The dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America.[2][3] It is closely related to the sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus), and the two were previously considered a single species, the blue grouse.[2][3][4]