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Gunnison Grouse
Sign in to saveAlso known as Centrocercus minimus, Gunnison sage-grouse
species of bird
Species
Endangeredvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Centrocercus
- Image
- Gunnison Sage Grouse (47460635881) (cropped).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Centrocercus minimus
- Commons category
- Centrocercus minimus
- Commons gallery
- Centrocercus minimus
- egg incubation period
- 26
- litter size
- 7
- short name
- C. minimus
- taxon common name
- Kleinbeifußhuhn
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Encyclopedic overview
The Gunnison grouse, Gunnison sage-grouse or lesser sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is a species of grouse endemic to the United States. It is similar to the closely related greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in appearance, but about a third smaller in size, with much thicker plumes behind the head; it also has a less elaborate courtship dance. It is restricted in range to southwestern Colorado and extreme southeastern Utah, with the largest population residing in the Gunnison Basin region in Colorado.
Distrubution and Habitat
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gunnison Grouse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.