Grouse (Dendragapus), North Cascades National Park, 2015.
Sooty grouse and dusky grouse overlap in this region. Determining whether this female is sooty or dusky is very difficult. You may also know this bird as a partridge, drummer or even a thunder chicken.
U.S. National Park Service
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