Sooty Grouse
Dendragapus fuliginosus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,404
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) is a species of forest-dwelling grouse native to North America's Pacific Coast Ranges. It is closely related to the dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), and the two were previously considered a single species, the blue grouse.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sooty grouse”.