The Blue Grouse was recently split into two species, the coastal Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus and the interior Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus. Details from the AOU, - Forty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds.

Other Names: Blue Grouse, Coastal Grouse

Subspecies: D. f. fuliginosus, D. f. sitkensis, D. f. sierrae and D. f. howardi.

Range: Western North America, from Southeastern Alaska to the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

Habitat: Varied, forest edges and open canopy.

Status in Wild: Fluctuating population; howardi is decreasing due to habitat loss.

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(l to r): 1, Andrew Hunt.

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• Blue Grouse - Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page; Images & Sounds.
• Blue Grouse - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter.
• Dendragapus fuliginosus Images - Images of this species located at the Phasianidae group on flickr.
• Grouse Ideas - The best link/article on grouse aviculture on the internet.
• Phylogeography of Blue Grouse - Phylogeographic structure, gene flow and species status in Blue Grouse.
• Wikipedia - Blue Grouse - Wikipedia's species page.

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