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The Blue Grouse is a large grouse of the mountainous West. The male's deep booming call is hard to locate. This large chicken-like bird is…
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on grouse (bird family), any of a number of game birds in the family Tetraonidae (order Galliformes). In addition to species called grouse, the group includes several birds known by particular names, such as the capercaillie and prairie chicken (see below) and the ptarmigan.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on blue grouse (bird), ...grouse, the male darker. Its flesh usually has the resinous taste of conifer buds and needles, its chief food. ... grouse (bird family)
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Medium-sized, stocky, round-winged, chicken-like bird ... Sharp-tailed Grouse is more white and tan than brown or gray and has a long, pointed tail with white outer tail feathers. Spruce and Blue Grouse are darker and lack the black subterminal tail band.
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Medium-sized, stocky, round-winged, chicken-like bird ... Ruffed Grouse is richer brown with a fan-shaped tail that has a black subterminal band.
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The Ruffed Grouse. Ruffed Grouse in British Columbia, Canada. A BC Bird Watching Guide. ... Description - This chicken-like bird is a red-brown or grey-brown with a slight crest, a fan-shaped, black-banded tail and black "ruffs" on each side of ... Distribution - The grouse's natural habitat is in deciduous and mixed forests,
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