Spruce Grouse - Canachites canadensis

Tétras du Canada

Spruce Grouse
The Spruce Grouse is one of relatively few bird species named for Canada, if only in the scientific name, although most Canadians have never seen one. They live in the boreal forests from Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south only into a few northern states in the U.S. I have shown a male in front, not yet in display but clearly aware of and reacting to the female just behind him. Spruce Grouse vary in colour and pattern through their range. The females I saw in northern Manitoba are noticeably darker than the ones here in Ontario, for example, and the oddly rusty-orange tail tip is missing in western birds, which were once called “Franklin’s Grouse”. Some females are quite reddish.
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The species

Classification

Order  : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Species : Spruce Grouse


specie's pictures


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The picture

O.Net ref. : bkma91951
Author :

Shooting


Country : Canada (ca)
Region : Ontario
Place : Old Shoes Lake Old Shoes Lake
Lat. : 52° 13' 41'' North
Lng. : 94° 16' 18'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]

Model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Exposure : 1/800 s
aperture : 4.5
Focal length : 35 mm
Iso : 100
Flash : no