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A female greater sage-grouse. Quality of nesting habitat surrounding the lek is the most important factor in population success. Adequacy of cover is critical for nesting. Too little can exist: where 13% was the average total crown cover on Idaho range, nests were located where average cover was 17%.
The female is much less showy, with a duller mottled brown plumage all over, similar to that of the female common pheasant (P. colchicus) but with finer barring. She is very like the female golden pheasant, but has a darker head and cleaner underparts than the hen of that species.
The Trump administration on Thursday published documents detailing its plan to roll back Obama-era protections for the vast habitat of the greater sage grouse, a chickenlike bird that roams across nearly 11 million acres [4.5 million hectares] in 10 oil-rich Western states.
Sage thrasher. Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae. The mimids are a family of passerine birds which includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors.
They concluded that the animal may have reached a bodymass of 1.718 kg (3.79 lb), which is close to the average weight reported in female greater sage-grouse. [4] This would render Centuriavis larger than most extant grouse species, but still smaller than the largest modern grouse species (such as the western capercaillie) and modern turkeys. [1]
Greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus (H) [6] Ring-necked pheasant, ... Trogons have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage.
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The official mascot of the team is Cecil the Sagehen, a greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). [20] [21] The bird is a large ground-dweller native to the western United States (although not Southern California), and is distinguished by its long, pointed tail and complex lek mating system. It is named after the sagebrush on which it ...