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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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In the wind corridors that sweep the Great Plains, environmentalists are concerned about the effects of massive wind turbines on migratory birds in Texas and sage grouse in Wyoming.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission recently set 2008-09 regulations for hunting upland birds (pheasant, forest grouse, chukar, pheasant, California quail, mountain quail, sage grouse and turkey).
Declines in greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) productivity and population numbers throughout their range demand a better understanding of how nutrition influences sage grouse populations.
 
 
 
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