Tetraoninae

Also known as grouse subfamily, Tetraonidae

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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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 4
Family: Phasianidae
Collections: DMNS, CMN
Recorded in: United States, Canada

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Contents

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
Footnotes
Notes
General
External links

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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetraoninae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.