sage grouse

See also: sage-grouse

English

male sage grouse in mating display

Noun

sage grouse (plural sage grouse or sage grouses)

A large grouse of western North America having mottled gray, black and buff plumage (Centrocercus urophasianus) which feeds on the buds of the sagebrush.

Synonyms

(Centrocerus urophasianus): sage hen, sagehen, sage cock, sage chicken, sage-grouse, cock of the plains

Translations

range of sage grouse

Centrocercus urophasianus

Dutch: waaierhoen
French: tétras des armoises (fr) m
German: Beifußhuhn n
Hungarian: ürömfajd

Navajo: dįʼ
Russian: шалфе́йный те́терев m (šalféjnyj téterev)
Spanish: urogallo de las artemisas m

Further reading

sage grouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Centrocercus urophasianus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Centrocercus urophasianus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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