Falcipennis
Falcipennis is a genus of birds in the grouse family that comprises three very similar species:
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Falcipennis falcipennis | Siberian grouse | eastern Russia, China | |
Falcipennis canadensis | Spruce grouse | United States, in Alaska, northern New England, northern Michigan, northeastern Minnesota, and the montane coniferous forests of Montana, Idaho, Maine, Oregon, and Washington. Canada | |
Falcipennis franklinii | Franklin's grouse | British Columbia and the Rocky Mountains | |
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 | |
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Both inhabit northern coniferous forests and live on conifer needles during the winter. Both 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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