dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) Female dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) in New Mexico, USA
Description
English: Dendragapus obscurus, Alamo Boundary Trail, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA.
Date 16 July 2007
Source Dusky Grouse at US NPS http://www.nps.gov/band/naturescience/birds.htm?eid=230492&root_aId=284
Author S. King, US NPS
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendragapus_obscurus_NPS.jpg
The dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is closely related to the sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus), and the two were previously considered a single species, the blue grouse. Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae, Subfamily: Tetraoninae, Genus: Dendragapus, Species: Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1823)
