Genus Centrocercus (Noun)
Meaning
Sage grouse.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The greater sage grouse is the only species within its genus, Centrocercus, but there are two other species in this genus, Gunnison sage grouse and the extinct Spaulding grouse or Spaulding sage grouse.
- The two current species within the genus Centrocercus, the greater sage grouse and the Gunnison sage grouse are the largest grouse in North America.
- Distribution of the genus Centrocercus is limited to the sagebrush habitat in the western United States and southern parts of the Canadian provinces.
- Taxonomic classification places sage grouse in the genus Centrocercus Upland game bird family Phasianidae, the order is Galliformes and class is Aves.
- The genus Centrocercus primarily consists of two species, that are found in the sagebrush dominated areas of western North America the greater and the Gunnison sage grouse.