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Centrocercus urophasianus (Sage Grouse; Greater Sage-Grouse; Greater Sage Grouse)

Synonyms: Centrocercus urophasianus phaios; Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus; Tetrao urophasianus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It was known as simply the sage grouse until the Gunnison sage-grouse was recognized as a separate species in 2000. The Mono Basin population of sage grouse may also be distinct. The species is in decline across its range due to habitat loss and has been recognized as threatened or near threatened by several national and international organizations.
View Wikipedia Record: Centrocercus urophasianus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.74541
EDGE Score: 2.25032
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.227 lbs (2.371 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  31 grams
Female Weight [5]  3.847 lbs (1.745 kg)
Male Weight [5]  7.033 lbs (3.19 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  82.8 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Sagebrush
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Sagebrush
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  10 %
Diet - Plants [4]  90 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  8
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  14 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  430,000
Incubation [3]  26 days
Mating Display [7]  Ground display
Maximum Longevity [3]  7 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  21 inches (53 cm)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle)[9]
Buteo lagopus (Rough-legged Hawk)[10]
Canis latrans (Coyote)[8]
Falco rusticolus (Gyrfalcon)[11]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hymenolepis microps[12]
Oxyspirura petrowi[12]

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
♦ 5Beck, T. D. I., and C. E. Braun. 1978. Weights of Colorado Sage Grouse Condor 80:241-243.
♦ 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
♦ 8The Sagebrush Sea by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
♦ 9FOOD HABITS AND NEST CHARACTERISTICS OF BREEDING RAPTORS IN SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, Patricia A. MacLaren, Stanley H. Anderson, and Douglas E. Runde, Great Basin Naturalist Vol. 48, No. 4 pp. 548-553 (1988)
♦ 10Jorrit 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.
♦ 11POTAPOV, E. 2011. Gyrfalcon diet: Spatial and temporal variation In R. T. Watson, T. J. Cade, M. Fuller, G. Hunt, and E. Potapov (Eds.). Gyrfalcons and Ptarmigan in a Changing World. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, USA
♦ 12Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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