sage grouse

sage grouse

See also: sage-grouse

English

male sage grouse in mating display

Noun

sage grouse (plural sage grouse or sage grouses)

1. A large grouse of western North America having mottled gray, black and buff plumage (Centrocercus urophasianus) which feeds on the buds of the sagebrush.

Synonyms

• (Centrocerus urophasianus): sage hen, sagehen, sage cock, sage chicken, sage-grouse, cock of the plains

Translations

range of sage grouse

Centrocercus urophasianus

Dutch: waaierhoen French: tétras des armoises (fr) m German: Beifußhuhn n Hungarian: ürömfajd

Navajo: dįʼ Russian: шалфе́йный те́терев m (šalféjnyj téterev) Spanish: urogallo de las artemisas m

Further reading

• sage grouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Centrocercus urophasianus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Centrocercus urophasianus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons