Sharp-tailed grouse

Sharp-tailed grouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Tympanuchus
Species:	T. phasianellus
Binomial name
Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Tetrao phasianellus Linnaeus, 1758 Pedioecetes phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), also known as the sharptail or fire grouse, is a medium-sized prairie grouse. One of three species in the genus Tympanuchus, the sharp-tailed grouse is found throughout Alaska, much of Northern and Western Canada, and parts of the Western and Midwestern United States. The sharp-tailed grouse is the provincial bird of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.^[2]