Sharp-tailed grouse

The Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus , is a medium-sized prairie grouse. It is also known as the sharptail, and is known as fire grouse or fire bird by Native American Indians due to their reliance on brush fires to keep their habitat open.

The Sharp-tailed grouse is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

kennicotti: the Northwestern Sharp-tailed Grouse is resident from the Mackenzie River to the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. * T. p. caurus: the Alaska Sharp-Tailed Grouse inhabits north-central Alaska eastwards to the southern Yukon, northern British Columbia, and northern Alberta. * T. p. More

Dictionary: sharp-tailed grouse (shärp'tāld') pronunciation Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. A grouse (Pediocetes phasianellus) of the northwest United States and Canada, having a short pointed tail, a pale color, and dark V-shaped breast markings. Home of Wiki & Reference Answers, the world’s leading Q&A siteReference AnswersEnglish▼English▼ Deutsch Español Français Italiano Tagalog * * Search unanswered questions... More

Sharp-tailed grouse management began in northern Wisconsin during the late 1940's and early 1950's in response to concerns of diminishing habitat. Today the state's sharp-tail habitat exists in patches separated by large areas of unsuitable habitat. Sharp-tailed grouse require specific habitat for dancing grounds, nesting areas, brood areas, and wintering sites. More

campestris: the Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse lives in southeastern Manitoba, southwestern Ontario, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. This subspecies coexists with the Plains race around the northern Red River valley and prefers low seral stages of recently converted forests to shrubland. * T. p. More

Sharp-tailed grouse often perch high in an Alaska spruce tree, or emerge from dense brush along a back road. This grouse occupies a vast area of primarily forest habitat from Ontario to Alaska, far north of the prairie border with which people usually associate it. In these subarctic regions the sharptail prefers recent burn areas, open grass-shrub habitat, agricultural lands, sparse shrub-spruce at timberline, and wet, sedgy, almost treeless areas known as muskegs. Sunny, grassy knobs are important features of breeding grounds. More

* Dancing Sharp-Tailed Grouse This link leads to an external site. YouTube video * Minnesota Sharp-tailed Grouse Society This link leads to an external site. * USDA NRCS sharp-tailed grouse habitat management guide sheet This link leads to an external site. * Managing Your Brushland for Wildlife This PDF file will open in a new window. More

The Sharp-tailed Grouse has a large range, estimated globally at 6,100,000 square kilometers. Native to the United States and Canada, this bird prefers temperate grassland and boreal or temperate forest ecosystems. The global population of this bird is estimated at 1,200,000 individuals and does not show signs of decline that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. For this reason, the current evaluation status of the Sharp-tailed Grouse is Least Concern. More

The sharp-tailed grouse are one of the larger grouse. They have sharp pointed tails which stick straight up when the birds are displaying. They are often mistaken for their cousin, the prairie chicken. One of the more interesting details of the sharp-tailed grouse relates to their courting rituals. The males gather on a group breeding ground called a lek and show off (or display) for the females. More

Sharp-tailed Grouse Range MapView dynamic map of eBird sightings Field MarksHelp - * MalePopOutZoom In Male * © Brian E. Small, June 2000 * Displaying malePopOutZoom In Displaying male * © D.R. More

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse potentially occurs in these Oregon counties: Wallowa (Map may reflect historical as well as recent sightings) - The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse was petitioned for listing in 1999. A 90-day finding, in 2006, concluded that a listing was not warranted. Description and Life History The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is one of seven recognized subspecies of sharp-tailed grouse that have been described in North America. More

sharp-tailed grouse in Alaska. Population fluctuations: Abundance of Alaska game birds varies widely over the years, but rarely are these fluctuations in the classic “10-year cycle.” The blue grouse of southeastern Alaska and the spruce grouse of coastal areas apparently never drop to low levels like the spruce, ruffed, and sharp-tailed grouse of Interior Alaska. More

North American RangeThe Sharp-tailed Grouse is a large grouse with a sharply pointed tail, held straight up when displaying. It is brown with white and dark spots, arranged in cryptic patterns. The bird has light-colored undersides and a slight crest on its head. Yellowish eyebrows and pinkish-purple air sacs at the sides of its neck are visible on the male when he displays. More

* Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Conservation Plan for NW Colorado 2001 (6. More

at the period of this residence, sharp-tailed grouse was "formerly very common, recently quite rare but said to be increasing in number again" in Lincoln County. Tout (1936) reported that greater prairie-chickens were about 4 times more numerous than sharp-tailed grouse in Lincoln County. Mohler (1944) stated that sharp-tailed grouse was seldom observed outside the Sandhills region in the early 1940's. Breeding Range: Currently restricted to the Sandhills physiographic region during the nesting season. More

* The Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Minnesota pdf (5. More

sharp-tailed grousesharp-tailed grouse - large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North AmericaPedioecetes phasianellus, sprig tail, sprigtailgrouse - popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. More

chickens and sharp-tailed grouse on their spring mating grounds called "leks" in northern Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. Most dancing occurs between early April and mid May, but may continue into June if the hens have not nested for some reason. Peak daily dancing sessions usually occur within a few hours of sunrise, so, in order to be in your blind without spooking the birds you need to be there before daylight. More

the Sharp-tailed Grouse, being a bird of the wild prairies and open woodlands, has gradually retreated westward as the settlements have advanced, and will soon be a rare bird, to be looked for only in the sand-hills and unsettled portions of the country. During the summer months, this bird inhabits the open prairies, retiring in winter to the ravines and wooded lands, and when the snow is deep and the weather severe often hides and roosts beneath the snow. More