Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (4)
Fred C. Zwickel and James F. Bendell
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 27, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 27, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | tetřívek douglaskový |
| Dutch | Blauw Sneeuwhoen |
| English | Dusky Grouse |
| English (United States) | Dusky Grouse |
| Finnish | tuhkapyy |
| French | Tétras sombre |
| French (France) | Tétras sombre |
| German | Douglasiengebirgshuhn |
| Icelandic | Bláorri |
| Japanese | アオライチョウ |
| Norwegian | blåjerpe |
| Polish | borowiak złotobrewy |
| Russian | Голубой тетерев |
| Serbian | Tamni tetreb |
| Slovak | kupido bridlicový |
| Spanish | Gallo Oscuro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gallo oscuro |
| Swedish | gråjärpe |
| Turkish | Göknar Tavuğu |
| Ukrainian | Тетерук жовтобровий |
Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1822)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao obscurus
Say, 1822. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party 2, p.14,note.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Defile Creek,' about twenty miles north of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DENDRAGAPUS
- obscurum / obscurus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Dusky Grouse distribution.