Stats

Lifespan

3-9 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

North America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

G3g4

About

The Greater Sage-Grouse is the largest grouse in North America, and it lives in the sagebrush country of the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It lays eggs in a nest built on the ground, and the female incubates the eggs for 36 days.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A large clutch of eggs sits in a shallow ground scrape, incubated by the hen until the brood hatches together.
2. 2.
   hatchling chick

   A downy chick leaves the nest within hours of hatching and pecks for food alongside the hen.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A juvenile grows its first body feathers, learns to fly short bursts, and stays in the brood until fledged.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae

Genus

Centrocercus

Species

Centrocercus urophasianus