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grouse
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grouse
a group of related species of game birds in the family Tetraonidae. They are the red grouse (Lagopus scoticus), wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus), black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), ruffed grouse (Bonasas umbellus), sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the prairie chickens (Tympanuchus spp.).
grouse disease
see trichostrongylustenuis.
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The propellers of wind turbines, some more than 100 feet in diameter, and reaching high speeds in high winds, pose threats of more than one kind: Few of the lumbering birds might fly high enough to be struck by the generator blades, but scientists are finding that sage grouse, prairie chickens and related birds fear tall structures where hawks, eagles and other predators might roost.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mule deer and white-tailed deer are well established at the refuge, too, and scientists plan to study the possibility of reintroducing other native species like the pronghorn antelope and the prairie chicken.
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