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  2. Grouse - Wikipedia

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    A ruffed grouse found at the Kortright Centre for Conservation.. Grouse / ɡ r aʊ s / 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, [2] and applied by the American Ornithologists ...

  3. Ruffed grouse - Wikipedia

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    The ruffed grouse is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "partridge", an unrelated phasianid, and occasionally confused with the grey partridge, a bird of open areas rather than woodlands. [ 3 ] The ruffed grouse is the state game bird of Pennsylvania , United States.

  4. Red grouse - Wikipedia

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    The red grouse is considered a game bird and is shot in large numbers during the shooting season which traditionally starts on August 12, known as the Glorious Twelfth. There is a keen competition among some London restaurants to serve freshly killed grouse on August 12, with the birds being flown from the moors and cooked within hours. Grouse grit

  5. Western capercaillie - Wikipedia

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    The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie / ˌ k æ p ər ˈ k eɪ l (j) i /, [3] is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species. The heaviest-known specimen, recorded in captivity, had a weight ...

  6. Black grouse - Wikipedia

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    The black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), also known as northern black grouse, Eurasian black grouse, blackgame or blackcock, [4] is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species , spanning across the Palearctic in moorland and steppe habitat when breeding, often near wooded areas.

  7. Grouse on the rise: State bird's population showing ... - AOL

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    Nov. 24—Pennsylvania's state bird population is on an upward trend despite years of decline from West Nile virus. According to Lisa Williams, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's division chief of ...

  8. Greater sage-grouse - Wikipedia

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    Among bird species, magpies and ravens commonly prey on Greater Sage-Grouse nests. [19] [31] Greater sage-grouse are a popular game bird. Mortality due to hunting is generally considered to be compensatory [43] [50] and replacive, [43] where until mortality reaches a "threshold value", it has no effect on population levels. Data are not ...

  9. Dusky grouse - Wikipedia

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    The dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is closely related to the sooty grouse ( Dendragapus fuliginosus ), and the two were previously considered a single species, the blue grouse .