Falcipennis
Falcipennis is a genus of birds in the grouse family known as spruce grouse. They comprise three similar yet distinct species:
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Falcipennis falcipennis | Siberian grouse | Far East Russia, possibly China |
 | Falcipennis canadensis | Spruce grouse | The northern United States; in Alaska, northern New England, northern Michigan, northeastern Minnesota, and the montane coniferous forests of Montana, Idaho, Maine, Oregon, and Washington. Most of Canada |
 |
Falcipennis franklinii | Franklin's grouse | Southern British Columbia, and the northern Rocky Mountains and Cascades |
| Falcipennis | |
|---|---|
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| Male spruce grouse (F. canadensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetraoninae |
| Genus: | Falcipennis Elliot, 1864 |
| Species | |
All three spruce grouse species inhabit northern coniferous forests and live on a diet of conifer needles during the winter. They have breeding systems with dispersed male territories, intermediate between the leks of some grouse and the monogamy of others.[1]
References
- Storch, Ilse; Bendell, J. F. (2003). "Grouse". In Christopher Perrins (ed.). Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books. pp. 184–187. ISBN 1-55297-777-3.
- Holloway, Joel Ellis (2003). Dictionary of Birds of the United States: Scientific and Common Names. Timber Press. p. 94. ISBN 0-88192-600-0.
- Peterson, Alan P. (Editor) (1999). Zoological Nomenclature Resource (Zoonomen). Accessed 2007-08-01.
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