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Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes. Often considered a family Tetraonidae, the American Ornithologists' Union and many others include grouse as a subfamily Tetraoninae in the family Phasianidae. Grouse inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere. Most species are year-round residents, and don't migrate.
These birds feed mainly on vegetation, but also on insects, especially when feeding young. Several of the forest-living species are notable for eating large quantities of conifer needles, which most other vertebrates refuse. In all but one species (the Willow Grouse, called Willow Ptarmigan in America), males are polygamous, and many species have elaborate courtship displays. These heavily built birds have legs feathered to the toes.
They are game and are sometimes hunted for food. Though they're related at least as closely to chicken as to any other gamebird and look somewhat like chicken, especially the conifer-eating species taste remarkably unlike chicken.

Species

Genus Falcipennis

Siberian Grouse, Falcipennis falcipennis
Spruce Grouse, Falcipennis canadensis - probably distinct genus Canachites
- Franklin's Grouse, Falcipennis (canadensis) franklinii Genus Dendragapus - blue grouse
Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus
Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus Genus Lagopus - ptarmigans
Willow Grouse or Willow Ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus
- Red Grouse Lagopus (lagopus) scoticus
Ptarmigan or Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus
White-tailed Ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura Genus Tetrao - black grouse
Eurasian Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix
Caucasian Black Grouse, Tetrao mlokosiewiczi
Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus
Black-billed Capercaillie, Tetrao parvirostris Genus Bonasa
Hazel Grouse, Bonasa bonasia
Severtzov's Grouse, Bonasa sewerzowi
Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus Genus Centrocercus - sage-grouse
Greater Sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus
Gunnison Sage-grouse, Centrocercus minimus Genus Tympanuchus - prairie grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus
Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido
- Heath Hen, Tympanuchus (cupido) cupido (extinct, 1932)
Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

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