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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.

Reproduction prohibited without prior permission. © Barry Kent Mackay

The species

Classification

Order : Galliformes
Family : Phasianidae
Species : Spruce Grouse

Species photos

The photo

O.Net reference : bkma91951
Author : Barry Kent Mackay

Photo details

Date : 2010 Nov.
Country : Canada (ca)
Region : Ontario
Location : Old Shoes Lake
Lat. : 52° 13' 1'' North
Lng. : 94° 16' 59'' West

Exif data [+][-]

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