Dendragapus
The genus Dendragapus contains two closely related species of grouse that have often been treated as a single variable taxon (blue grouse). The two species are the dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) and the sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus). In addition, the spruce grouse and Siberian grouse have been considered part of this genus.
| Dendragapus | |
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| Male dusky grouse displaying, Yellowstone NP; note purple air sac and red eye wattle. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Tetraonini |
| Genus: | Dendragapus Elliot, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrao obscurus | |
| Species | |
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Dusky grouse Dendragapus obscurus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Palaeotetrix | |
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