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Overview
Sharp-tailed Grouse: Medium grouse with lightly barred brown upperparts and white underparts dotted with chevrons. Head has short crest, yellow-orange eye comb, and pink or violet neck patch exposed when displaying. Tail is pointed and white-edged. Often seen on prairies in the summer.
Range and Habitat
Sharp-tailed Grouse: Resident from Alaska east to Hudson Bay and south to Utah, northeastern New Mexico, and Michigan. Found in brushlands, grasslands, sagebrush, woodland edges, brushy prairies, cleared farmlands, bogs, river canyons, and boreal forest edges.
Topo Map:
Perching-like Body
Listen to Call
Voice Text
"coo-oo"
Interesting Facts
A group of grouse has many collective nouns, including a "chorus", "covey", "drumming", "grumbling", and "leash" of grouse.
Bird Term Glossary
Author
Gary Owen Dick
Related Birds
Dusky Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Greater Prairie-Chicken
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Rock Ptarmigan
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