sage grouse
a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
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The greater sage grouse, for example, remains loyal to its selected seasonal habitats even when they cease to serve its purposes of survival, mating, or raising chicks.
‘Site Fidelity’ Explores Why We Fight for the Places We Love | smurguia | July 16, 2021 | Outside OnlineA peculiarity of the sage grouse is that it has no gizzard, but instead it has a stomach more like that of an animal.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom PayneThe sage grouse, or sage hen is the largest of the grouse of America, some of the males weighing as much as seven pounds.
Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast | Harry Thom PayneIf they were sage grouse, I might not get near enough to them to shoot sure with my one arrow.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. Sabinsage grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse are so nearly extinct that it may practically be said that they are extinct.
Our Vanishing Wild Life | William T. Hornaday
Sheridan and Johnson Counties (Wyoming) have sage grouse protected until 1915.
Our Vanishing Wild Life | William T. Hornaday
British Dictionary definitions for sage grouse
a large North American grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, the males of which perform elaborate courtship displays
Origin of sage grouse
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