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Tympanuchus phasianellus (Sharp-tailed Grouse)

Synonyms: Pediocaetes phasianellus; Pedioecetes phasianellus; Tetrao phasianellus
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) (previously: Tetrao phasianellus), is a medium-sized prairie grouse. It is also known as the sharptail, and is known as "fire grouse" or "fire bird" by Native American Indians due to their reliance on brush fires to keep their habitat open.
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Infraspecies

Tympanuchus phasianellus campestris (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus caurus (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus hueyi (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus kennicotti (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus phasianellus (Sharp-tailed grouse)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
8
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.73701
EDGE Score: 1.31829
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.951 lbs (885 g)
Birth Weight [3]  13 grams
Female Weight [5]  1.801 lbs (817 g)
Male Weight [5]  2.101 lbs (953 g)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  16.6 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate grasslands, Boreal forests, Agricultural
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate grasslands, Boreal forests, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  10 %
Diet - Plants [4]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  10 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  6 months
Male Maturity [3]  6 months
Clutch Size [6]  12
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  750,000
Incubation [3]  23 days
Mating System [7]  Promiscuity
Maximum Longevity [3]  8 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  17 inches (43 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Emblem of

Saskatchewan

Prey / Diet

Betula papyrifera (mountain paper birch)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[9]
Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)[9]
Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)[9]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nelson, AD and AC Martin. 1953. Gamebird weights. J. Wildl. Manage. 17:36-42
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 8Alaska Wildlife Notebook Series, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 11International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0