Description
English: Centrocercus minimus, male displaying.
Date Undated
Source USFWS Gunnison Focus Area http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pfw/colorado/co33.htm
Author Terry Ireland/USFWS
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centrocercus_minimus_USFWS.jpg

The Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is a species of grouse endemic to the United States. It is similar to the closely related greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in appearance, but about a third smaller in size, with much thicker plumes behind the head; it also has a less elaborate courtship dance. It is restricted in range to southwestern Colorado and extreme southeastern Utah, with the largest population residing in the Gunnison Basin region in Colorado. Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae, Subfamily: Tetraoninae, Genus: Centrocercus, Species: Centrocercus minimus Young et al., 2000.