Tetraoninae
thumb|A ruffed grouse found at the [[Kortright Centre for Conservation.]] Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae. Grouse are presently assigned to the tribe Tetraonini (formerly the subfamily Tetraoninae and the family Tetraonidae), a classification supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence studies, and applied by the American Ornithologists' Union, ITIS, International Ornithological Congress, and others.
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Tetraoninae is a subfamily of grouse, a group of ground-dwelling birds that includes species like the ruffed grouse. This classification is scientifically important because it's based on modern DNA evidence and is used by major ornithological organizations worldwide to organize and understand how different grouse species are related to each other.
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- Description
- Feeding and habits
- Reproduction
- Populations
- Sexual size dimorphism
- Male size selection
- Mating behavior selection
- Contrast with other bird species
- In culture
- Species
- Extant genera
- Extinct genera
- References
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thumb|A ruffed grouse found at the [[Kortright Centre for Conservation.]] Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae. Grouse are presently assigned to the tribe Tetraonini (formerly the subfamily Tetraoninae and the family Tetraonidae), a classification supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence studies, and applied by the American Ornithologists' Union, ITIS, International Ornithological Congress, and others.
Grouse inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, from pine forests to moorland and mountainside, from 83°N (rock ptarmigan in northern Greenland) to 28°N (Attwater's prairie chicken in Texas).