North American Grouse Species

The 12 species and their subspecies are listed below. Click on each species common name to find information about it on Cornell Lab’s “All About Birds” website, including an overview with cool facts, identification with helpful images, life history, maps, sounds, and comparisons to similar species.

Sage Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Prairie Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

  • Alaska sharp-tailed grouse

  • Columbian sharp-tailed grouse

  • Northwestern sharp-tailed grouse

  • Northern sharp-tailed grouse

  • Plains sharp-tailed grouse

  • Prairie sharp-tailed grouse

Greater Prairie-Chicken

  • Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken

  • Heath Hen (extinct)

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Forest Grouse

Spruce Grouse

Ruffed Grouse

Dusky Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan