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From: j_mountjoy@acad.fandm.edu
Date: Mon Oct 25 09:11:37 KST 1999
File To Comment: animal6/small_grouse-Ruffed_Grouse.jpg
This is not a Ruffed Grouse, instead it appears to be a
Spruce Grouse. The black breast with white crescents at
side indicate a male, and are quite different from any
Ruffed Grouse plumage.
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Spruce Grouse, Falcipennis canadensis, is a medium-sized grouse. Their breeding habitat is the boreal forests or taiga across Alaska and Canada. It also occurs in the boreal forest that extends into the United States' northern border states. They nest on the ground in dense growth.
