| Dusky grouse | |
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| Male displaying, Yellowstone National Park | |
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| Female in New Mexico, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dendragapus obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22734690A95095102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734690A95095102.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J., eds. (1994). Handbook of the Birds of the World 2: 401-402. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 84-87334-15-6.
- ^ a b Sibley, D. (2000). The Sibley Guide to Birds. Knopf. p. 143. ISBN 0-679-45122-6.
- ^ Banks, R. C.; Cicero, C.; Dunn, J. L.; Kratter, A. W.; Rasmussen, P. C.; Remsen, J. V. Jr.; Rising, J. D.; Stotz, D. F. (2006). "Forty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds" (PDF). The Auk. 123 (3): 926–936. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[926:FSTTAO]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2007-09-16.