North American Grouse Species
The 12 species and their subspecies are listed below. Click on each species common name to find information about it on Cornell Lab’s “All About Birds” website, including an overview with cool facts, identification with helpful images, life history, maps, sounds, and comparisons to similar species. A link to Audubon’s Field Guide for the Grouse (and Pheasant) Family is also available at bottom of the page.
Sage Grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Prairie Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Alaska sharp-tailed grouse
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse
Northwestern sharp-tailed grouse
Northern sharp-tailed grouse
Plains sharp-tailed grouse
Prairie sharp-tailed grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken
Heath Hen (extinct)
